BIB_ID
124481
Accession number
MA 488.61
Creator
McHenry, James, 1753-1816.
Display Date
1781 Aug. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 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 on Lord Cornwallis: "His Lordship seems no longer willing to trust to his own natural strength; but is busily employed in the defence of York, where he has the greatest part of his army"; discussing possible naval manoeuvres by Admiral [George] Rodney and the Count de Grasse.
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