BIB_ID
121884
Accession number
MA 488.7
Creator
Laurens, John, 1754-1782.
Display Date
1781 Oct. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
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 the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Concerning the arrangements for the "Generals of the Allied Army" [George Washington, the Comte de Rochambeau, and the Comte de Grasse] and [Charles] Cornwallis to sign the articles of capitulation after the Siege of Yorktown; asking him to change the wording of "the article relative to the possession of the works."
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