BIB_ID
105273
Accession number
MA 488.130
Creator
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Display Date
1781 Nov. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 31.6 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents concerning the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis; see main record for MA 488-489 for more information.
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents concerning the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis; see main record for MA 488-489 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Discussing supplies and writing that it "is impossible to grant [him] the reinforc[e]ment [he] desire[s] without hazarding every thing in this department"; telling him he is "going to establish a post at Orangburgh which will give no small security to [Brownson's] part of the Country"; noting that General [Thomas] Sumter will be in charge of this post; reporting that he has "received confirming accounts of the fall of Earl Cornwallis but have not got the particulars."
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