BIB_ID
105291
Accession number
MA 488.108
Creator
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 31.8 cm
Notes
Docketed.
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
Describing the battle of Eutaw Springs; mentioning the arrival of the French fleet in the Chesapeake and the possible retreat of Lord Cornwallis through North Carolina to Charleston; asking Sumter to "collect all the state troops [he] can and have as many of [his] brigade of militia collected as can be brought out" to stop Cornwallis if he should attempt to escape through North Carolina.
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