BIB_ID
119699
Accession number
MA 489.67
Creator
Walker, John, 1744-1809.
Display Date
1781 May 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 21.2 cm
Notes
Endorsed on recto.
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
Thanking him for his letters; relating that he has "been 5 or 6 weeks at this place, but am just now set[t]ing off to join the Army. Charlottesville is now to be our metropolis; the assembly is to meet there;" saying that "our People appear to be firm & Spirited, so that if we are well supported I think we shall [illegible] thro' all our difficulties, weather out the Storm & get into safe port at last."
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