BIB_ID
129136
Accession number
MA 488.87
Creator
Clark, John, Major, 18th cent.
Display Date
1781 Oct. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 33.1 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The honble. / Major Genl. Greene / at / Charles Town."
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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Congratulating him on the capture of the "Hero of Britain & his Army" [Lord Cornwallis]; describing a service held in honor of the victory, including a reinterpretation by [George] Duffield of a psalm by [Isaac] Watts to make it against Britain instead of for her; telling him of the rejoicing in the city; reporting that the mob attacked the homes of a "few Quakers" who were not celebrating; praising Greene's virtues; asking him to write to [Thomas] McKean and other members of Congress on his behalf to help him secure a position in the War Office or the Pennsylvania legislature; hoping for revenge for the death of [Isaac] Hayne at the hands of his British captors.
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