BIB_ID
125958
Accession number
MA 489.38
Creator
Parker, Josiah, 1751-1810.
Display Date
1781 Aug. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 32.3 cm
Notes
Identity of recipient from endorsement on verso.
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 Pierpont Morgan from New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Reporting that the enemy have abandoned Portsmouth with no evidence of any stores left behind; recommending that it would be advisable for troops to be kept on that side of the James River; commenting on the military capabilities of several officers; apologizing for not being able to see him but telling him he has not been well; saying he hopes to be on his way to France in a few weeks; questioning, in a postscript, the disposition of weapons and supplies; including a notation, in an unknown hand, beneath the postscript, specifying the "amount of Col. Parker's return."
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