BIB_ID
105592
Accession number
MA 488.35
Creator
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Display Date
1781 June 22.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.2 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 letter may be a copy in Greene's hand of an original letter he sent to Washington. The Library of Congress holds a version of this letter with Greene's signature.
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 letter may be a copy in Greene's hand of an original letter he sent to Washington. The Library of Congress holds a version of this letter with Greene's signature.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1924.
Summary
Sending him a copy of his most recent letter to Congress (not included in this collection); writing that they are "anxiously awaiting the arrival of the French fleet," and recommending Yorktown as the point of attack rather than Charleston or New York: "Virginia affords the most inviting object; Lord Cornwallis's Army, and the Garrison and Shipping at Portsmouth. The whole may be taken in three Weeks or less while New York and Charles Town will produce a long tedious and uncertain siege"; hoping the Marquis de la Fayette will be successful in Virginia.
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