BIB_ID
136895
Accession number
MA 488.9
Creator
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796, author.
Display Date
1781 June 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
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.
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
Explaining that Lord Cornwallis "who is said to be in the vicinity of Fredericksburg will prevent [their] progress for some time"; saying that he hopes to "form a junction with the Marquis Lafayette in the course of three days."
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