BIB_ID
120535
Accession number
MA 489.19
Creator
Lincoln, Benjamin , 1733-1810.
Display Date
1788 Jan. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 19.8 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
Acknowledging receipt of his balance and telling him the "draught will be honored;" relating news of their "mutual and dear friend Ben" who "has been Sick for more than thirty days" and for whom there is little hope; sending his regards to Miss Ramsey and their friends.
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