BIB_ID
124480
Accession number
MA 488.59
Creator
McHenry, James, 1753-1816.
Display Date
1781 July 30.
Credit line
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.
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
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."
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