BIB_ID
126215
Accession number
MA 489.31
Creator
Muhlenberg, Peter, 1746-1807.
Display Date
1780 Nov. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 33.4 cm
Notes
Endorsed on verso.
Place of writing from content of letter; identity of recipient from published letter.
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.
Place of writing from content of letter; identity of recipient from published letter.
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
Expressing his pleasure at knowing he has arrived in Virginia and hoping, if the enemy stays much longer, that he will visit his troops; reporting that "From present appearances I am inclined to think the Enemy are preparing to seek their Fortune elsewhere. Several Signal Guns were fired last Evening from which I conjecture they have made a move; but as the morning is hazy, I have not been able to ascertain the matter. I am totally at a loss to account for their leaving Portsmouth with so much precipitation. They have not only left the greatest part of the negroes they had taken but also several valuable new vessells - Should they go out of the Bay, I shall do myself the Honor to give you immediate Notice;" sending his regards to Baron Steuben.
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