BIB_ID
122222
Accession number
MA 488.52
Creator
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Display Date
1781 Aug. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.7 cm
Notes
Docketed.
Place of writing is based on other letters Lafayette wrote around this date.
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.
Place of writing is based on other letters Lafayette wrote around this date.
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 J.P. Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Stating that the enemy [Lord Cornwallis] is fortifying; reporting that "every precaution in [his] power Has Been taken to prevent the enemy's going By land to the Southward"; noting that he has not received the letter from the General [George Washington] "wherein He said His plans and dispositions will be contained," but promising to send a copy of the letter when it arrives.
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