BIB_ID
120308
Accession number
MA 489.69
Creator
Wells, John S., Colonel.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.1 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
Informing him of the arrival of the French fleet; detailing the number and sizes of the ships; adding that as a result of the arrival of the ships "Lord Cornwallis is about moving from York to James River and is getting his Boats across from Queen's Creek to the College landing, from thence to James Town and there to cross James River to Cobham from that place to South Carolina - Gen. Wayne and Gen. Muhlenberg are on this side."
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