BIB_ID
120527
Accession number
MA 489.20
Creator
Lux, George, 1754-1797.
Display Date
1781 Nov. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 20.7 cm
Notes
Endorsed on verso.
The Honorable / Major General Greene / Commander in Chief / of the / Southern Army."
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.
The Honorable / Major General Greene / Commander in Chief / of the / Southern Army."
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
Inquiring as to what has become of the Rev. Hart; informing him that Dr. McHenry "is elected a Senator for this State;" commenting on his hopes for what McHenry will achieve in office; commenting on the success of the "Capture of your late Opponent & His Army and America's debt to "our illustrious General, Count de Grasse & Rochambeau and the other Officers & Soldiers who have done Such great things in Virginia & Carolina"
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