BIB_ID
127932
Accession number
MA 488.68
Creator
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
Display Date
1781 Oct. 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 33.2 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
Introducing Captain Jacob Read of South Carolina; commenting on the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown; sending his "best compliments" to Col. Morris and Major Burnett.
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