BIB_ID
136768
Accession number
MA 488.16
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1781 Aug. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 27.7 cm
Notes
In the hand of William Stephens Smith.
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 Pierpont Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Congratulating him on his appointment to be governor of New Jersey; telling him that there has been a "change [in] the plan of operation," and he now plans to attack the British in Virginia; mentioning that the Comte de Grasse is arriving in the Chesapeake with "a formidable Fleet and Corps of land forces"; discussing the supplies his troops need, and emphasizing the importance of "a Supply of the meat kind"; asking him to make every exertion to feed and supply the army while they are in New Jersey; inquiring how many "Teams and Waggons can be furnished with the army of the Marquis, for the use of the troops now on their March from the Northward."
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