BIB_ID
121942
Accession number
MA 489.13
Creator
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 32.3 cm
Notes
Address panel to "His hon'd / Major Gen. Greene."
Endorsed on verso.
Place of writing from published letter.
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.
Endorsed on verso.
Place of writing from published letter.
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
Concerning the troop positions at Yorktown; reporting on the position and condition of Cornwallis' troops; saying "They may wish to make a partial encursion on their side of the river (during your imbecility) for the purpose of burning houses, distressing women & collecting cattle. Even this attempt they will decline, as with very little exertion, we can readily frustrate the last object, without interrupting the repose of your army;" reporting on the wounded soldiers and their condition; referring to a plan to capture Cornwallis; asking what has "become of the State troops? they ought to encrease, if their command't adopt measures to collect the absentees."
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