BIB_ID
105281
Accession number
MA 488.136
Creator
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Display Date
1781 Dec. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 32.8 cm
Notes
Docketed.
This is likely a copy of a letter held by the University of Michigan.
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 is likely a copy of a letter held by the University of Michigan.
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
Noting that General [George] Washington informs him that Rochambeau and the French army "have taken post in Virginia for the winter for the protection and security of the state" and "desires [Greene] to open a correspondence with [Rochambeau] for the purpose of communicating to each other all matters of intelligence of an interesting nature"; congratulating him on his "glorious success in Virginia" against Lord Cornwallis; giving details of his army's movement through South Carolina; mentioning that he is awaiting the arrival of reinforcements under General [Arthur] St. Clair; expressing his regret that the Comte de Grasse could not stay to help with the reduction of Charleston.
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