BIB_ID
119680
Accession number
MA 489.83
Creator
Waldegrave, George Waldegrave, Earl, 1751-1789.
Display Date
1776 Dec. 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 11.4 x 20.6 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.
With a signed certification on the verso that "Stephen Burrows this Day took the Oath of Fidelity before me / 12th Xbr 1776."
With a signed certification on the verso that "Stephen Burrows this Day took the Oath of Fidelity before me / 12th Xbr 1776."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Signing an order from Lord Cornwallis protecting Stephen Burrows.
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