BIB_ID
116289
Accession number
MA 489.59
Creator
Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786.
Display Date
1781 Jun. 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Benjamin Chew Esq. / Dover."
Endorsed on verso.
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.
Endorsed on verso.
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
Telling him "that the Corner Stone of peace is laid, and that it will probably be happily built upon."
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