BIB_ID
122224
Accession number
MA 488.54
Creator
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Display Date
1781 Oct. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.8 cm
Notes
According to the printed version of this letter, it was probably completed by a letter dated Oct. 7 that is now held by held by the Department of Rare Books, Cornell University Libraries (Dean Collection, New Acquisitions).
Docketed.
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.
Docketed.
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
Congratulating him on his victory at Eutaw Springs; hoping he may soon congratulate him in Charleston; giving an account of a naval action near Yorktown; reporting that "Sir Henry Clinton who was at the Hook with a Body of troops Returned to New York"; telling him that they are starting to dig trenches near Yorktown; mentioning a skirmish between the men of the Duc de Lauzun [Armand-Louis de Gontaut] and [Banastre] Tarleton; writing that he thinks they ought to take Charleston next, and mentioning his intention of "making the Winter Campaign" with Greene.
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