BIB_ID
120746
Accession number
MA 488.57
Creator
Lott, Abraham, approximately 1714-1801.
Display Date
1781 Oct. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 31.6 cm
Notes
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.
Watermark: "Maid of Dort" form of the Pro Patria watermark.
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.
Watermark: "Maid of Dort" form of the Pro Patria watermark.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Congratulating him on the capture of Lord Cornwallis; thanking him for the "signal services [he has] rendered to [his] country since [he has] commanded to the Southward," especially the "severe chastisement [he] gave the Enemy at the E[u]taw Springs"; speculating that his victories in the South and the capture of Cornwallis will "bring about a Peace in the course of the ensuing Winter"; hoping for peace so he can "remove [his] family into New York, as they all begin to be heartily tired of the country"; commenting on the sickness in his family this fall, but writing that he "had the satisfaction to leave them all on the recovery and out of danger."
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