BIB_ID
122559
Accession number
MA 555.48
Creator
Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819.
Display Date
1781 Mar. 15.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 30.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "His Excellency / Thomas Jefferson Esq're / Governor of / Virginia."
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by the signers of the Constitution of the United States; see collection record (MA 555) for more information.
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by the signers of the Constitution of the United States; see collection record (MA 555) for more information.
Summary
Reporting on American and British ship movements in the harbor; saying "We judged you would be anxious for the safety of the Troops; they are fortunately safe. The armed Vessels which conveyed them down are prepared for defence;" thanking him for his "intelligence respecting Gen'l Greene..."
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