BIB_ID
137280
Accession number
MA 489.50
Creator
Sharpe, William, 1742-1818.
Display Date
1781 Nov. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.5 cm
Notes
Endorsed on verso.
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 New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Congratulating him "on the capture of Lord Cornwallis and his army;" saying that he lives "in a part of the country destitute at present of any authentic intelligence" and asking him to send him a letter, "a long one - full of news and chit chat."
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