BIB_ID
120070
Accession number
MA 488.11
Creator
Willing, James, 18th cent.
Display Date
1781 Oct. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 30 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Jasper Yates Esqr. / Lancaster."
Docketed.
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.
Docketed.
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
Informing him of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and his army at Yorktown; announcing that he "mean[s] to put to sea to stop Sir Henry Clinton."
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