BIB_ID
124362
Accession number
MA 488.60
Creator
McHenry, James, 1753-1816.
Display Date
1781 Aug. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 21.5 cm
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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
Discussing the relationship between Lord Cornwallis and Sir Henry Clinton, and noting that "in a certain degree Lord Cornwallis acts independent of Gen. Clinton"; speculating on why Cornwallis has moved to Yorktown, and saying that he doesn't think Cornwallis "intend[s] to leave us"; assuring him that he "very impatiently wait[s] for the moment [he] can join [Greene]."
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