BIB_ID
136763
Accession number
MA 499.18
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 31.7 cm
Notes
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 the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Reporting that the Count de Grasse has been joined by the Count de Barras, and they have captured two English frigates; asking him to hurry on with his troops to the "College landing in James River" so they can attack Cornwallis at Yorktown.
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