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Autograph address panel : to Captain Cornwallis, 1781 Oct.

BIB_ID
105932
Accession number
MA 489.90
Creator
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805.
Display Date
1781 Oct.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 14.5 x 11.6 cm
Notes
The address panel includes Cornwallis' seal.
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 Pierpont Morgan from New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Being an address panel, with seal, to his brother, Sir William Cornwallis, Commander of HMS Canada.