BIB_ID
105277
Accession number
MA 488.132
Creator
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Display Date
1781 Nov. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 31.9 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
Congratulating him on "the success of Count de Grasse in the late naval engagement off the Chesapeak with the British fleet and also upon the success of the combined Armies in Virginia against Earl Cornwallis"; noting that "Count Rochambeau is to take post in Virginia for the Winter"; expressing his gratitude "for the timely intervention of our Ally for the succour of the Southern States"; writing that "the harmony and good understanding subsisting between the American and French Army, and between the latter and the Inhabitants affords the most prospect of a long and happy connection which we are bound to cultivate as well from matters of interest as from principles of gratitude."
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