BIB_ID
136765
Accession number
MA 488.15
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1781 Aug. 24.
Credit line
Purchased, 1924.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 28.3 cm
Notes
Acquired in 1924 as MA 1001, but housed as part of the Siege of Yorktown collection (MA 488-489).
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 from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1924.
Summary
Ordering him to march his detachment of troops to Springfield, New Jersey; urging him to move quickly: "the success of our enterprise depends upon the celerity of our movements -- delay therefore may be ruinous to it"; giving his opinion that "every Horse and Ox should be swam over the Delaware."
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