BIB_ID
122027
Accession number
MA 489.7
Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806.
Display Date
1800 [Mar.] 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.3 cm
Notes
Endorsed on verso; month of writing given as March.
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
Telling him that the Secretary of the Navy's letter did not have any information "excepting that Henry was not considered as dismissed altogether;" adding that he had "not heard whether the Supreme Court had adjourned or whether Mackay case was continued as expected by Mr. [illegible]."
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