BIB_ID
108462
Accession number
MA 488.2
Creator
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805.
Display Date
1781 Oct. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
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 the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Proposing a cessation of hostilities "to settle terms for the surrender of the posts of York & Gloucester."
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