BIB_ID
122474
Accession number
MA 488.48
Creator
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Display Date
1781 June 27.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 34 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 Jr. from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1924.
Summary
Giving details of the recent movements of British troops near Richmond; mentioning General [Anthony] Wayne and Baron von Steuben; providing details of an action by an American advance party under Major [William] McPherson that attacked Col [John Graves] Simcoe's corps; telling him that he has informed "the Executive of this Commonwealth that the seat of Government might be again reestablished in the Capital"; adding that Lord Cornwallis has received a reinforcement from Portsmouth.
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