Autograph letter signed : "Malvern Hill" [Va.], to General [Nathanael Greene], 1781 July 30.

Record ID: 
124480
Accession number: 
MA 488.59
Author: 
McHenry, James, 1753-1816.
Credit: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description: 
1 item (3 p.) ; 21.4 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.

Summary: 

Reporting that Lord Cornwallis is at Portsmouth, but he has "lain in Hampton road, under the most favorable winds for New York"; observing, "this makes me suppose the invertention of something, of which we know nothing"; speculating that there might be "a general embarkation, the whole to be divided between New-York and Charlestown"; mentioning the current location of Generals [George] Washington and [Anthony] Wayne; adding that Wayne is "delayed by the misterious [sic] movements of Lord Cornwallis," and Greene should "not calculate" on having Wayne's troops join him as "something may turn up here to keep him."

Provenance: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.