BIB_ID
118036
Accession number
MA 489.56
Creator
Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795.
Display Date
1781 Nov. 9.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 32.0 cm
Notes
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.
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
Introducing him to Dr. Flagg; congratulating him on the successes in the Southern States; adding that "This, with the capital Conquest of Lord Cornwallis and his burgoyned Army in Virginia, will fill Europe with Astonishment. God grant a Termination of this cruel War."
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