Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to General [Nathanael] Greene, 1780 Oct. 27.

BIB_ID
121855
Accession number
MA 488.72
Creator
La Rouërie, Charles Armand Tuffin, Marquis de, 1750-1793.
Display Date
1780 Oct. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22 cm
Notes
Addressed to the "Right Hble. Maj. Genl. Green / Philadelphia."
Docketed.
Signed "Armand."
The ink has faded and the letter is almost illegible.
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.
With trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Apologizing for not visiting him since Greene has been in Philadelphia, and explaining that he has been "so sick"; asking him to send some letters.