BIB_ID
116631
Accession number
MA 488.145
Creator
Upshur, George Lyttleton, 1856-
Display Date
1911 Sept. 15.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 16.4 cm
Notes
The two pieces of fabric are mounted on the same page and cataloged separately as MA 488.144.
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.
Written from "34 East 34th Street."
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.
Written from "34 East 34th Street."
Summary
Sending him small pieces of the wedding dress and lace worn by his great-great-great- grandmother, Martha Custis, when she married George Washington; giving details of her wedding attire; offering to show him a piece of the flag surrendered by Cornwallis to George Washington at Yorktown (now in this collection and cataloged as MA 488.142).
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