BIB_ID
122279
Accession number
MA 489.74
Creator
Leaumont, Nicolas-Maris, vicomte de.
Display Date
1826 July 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 25.5 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.
Written from "rue du Bac, no. 77."
Written from "rue du Bac, no. 77."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Complimenting him on the two volumes of his memoirs; espressing dismay that his brother was not mentioned for his efforts at the Siege of Yorktown; requesting that when he produces a new edition he does not forget the name Leaumont; discussing his participation and wounding at the Siege of Savannah and the efforts of Louis de Noailles at Savannah.
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