BIB_ID
122459
Accession number
MA 488.50
Creator
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Display Date
1781 July 31.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 21.5 cm
Notes
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.
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
Reporting that the "enemy's fleet have not yet sailed from Hampton Road"; noting that "Lord Cornwallis, [Col. Banastre] Tarleton, and [Col. John Graves] Simcoe are still at this place" [Portsmouth], and adding, "They give out that they are going to Baltimore; but I think a part are destined for New-York, and another part to Charlestown"; telling him that he is "endeavouring to hurry on the militia designed for South Carolina"; detailing his efforts to impress horses; informing him that the "Maryland levies are not yet out of that State."
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