BIB_ID
129347
Accession number
MA 488.75
Creator
Barber, Francis, 1750-1783.
Display Date
1781 Jan. 31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 32.1 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Colonel Dayton."
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.
With trace of a seal.
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.
With trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Writing that "the scrutiny of enlistments has commenced, and the soldiers almost to a man claim the expiration of their terms"; stressing that "every officer should be present either to produce vouchers or give testimony of some kind or other."
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