BIB_ID
119664
Accession number
MA 489.66
Creator
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804.
Display Date
1781 Oct. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 33.0 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
Enclosing a letter from B[arnabas] D[eane] concerning "particulars you wish from New England;" reporting that the "Second Parrallel is drawn round York and the Batter[ie]s will [I] believe open today - the Batteries on the first had considerable effect on the Enemies Works but I do not think did much injury in Town;" adding that he does not know the opinions of the "General officers" but his opinion is that Cornwallis "will hold out into November;" reporting that [Admiral] Digby has arrived with three ships and "the Enemy have lost one 74 in consequence of the action of this Bay."
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