BIB_ID
108689
Accession number
MA 489.92
Creator
Cornwallis, Frederick, Captain.
Display Date
"Tuesday morning" [1781].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 19.6 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 New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Reporting the theft of two horses which he believes may have been stolen by "some Militia on their way to Gen'l Green, and thoroughly convinced that a Theft of this kind will not be encouraged;" describing the two horses.
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