BIB_ID
118267
Accession number
MA 488.26
Creator
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 33.6 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 the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Writing that two days after joining the Marquis [de Lafayette?], he had "the pleasure of seeing Genl. [George] Washington and the Count de Rochambeau"; remarking that "everything is preparing for our grand Enterprise"; reporting that "the Count de Grasse's Fleet has formed a junction with that of Mr. Barras"; adding that "Cornwallis is fortifying with all his Might at York. I have no doubt but he will defend himself like a brave General -- he must fall, but I think he will fall with honor"; giving details of the build up of troops and the preparations for the Siege of Yorktown.
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