BIB_ID
122487
Accession number
MA 488.47
Creator
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Display Date
1781 June 18.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 37.2 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.
Watermark: crown surmounting a device with a post-horn in it, D & C Blauw below it.
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.
Watermark: crown surmounting a device with a post-horn in it, D & C Blauw below it.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1924.
Summary
Giving an update of the campaign against Lord Cornwallis in Virginia; mentioning Baron von Steuben, General [Anthony] Wayne, and others; including an extract from a letter from Commodore James Barron that announces the arrival of the enemy's fleet, including "24 ships 10 Brigs and one Schooner."
Catalog link
Department