BIB_ID
105473
Accession number
MA 558.38
Creator
Gregory, Isaac, 1737-1800.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 4.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 32.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal "Public Service / His Excellency / Governor Burk / Halifax / Express."
Docketed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Docketed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Summary
Concerning the position of French ships on the James, Chowan and York Rivers; saying he will do everything he can to raise a militia and move "from the lower parts to Portsmouth as will give me the earliest Intelligence;" adding he will do everything in his power to comply with his orders.
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