BIB_ID
157489
Accession number
MA 488.93
Creator
Dudley, Guilford, 1756-1833.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 3 and 5.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 29.5 cm
Notes
At top of page: "Extract of a Letter from Col. Guilford Dudley to his Excellcy. Governor Burke dated Broad Water Septem. 3, 1781."
In an unidentified contemporary hand.
On verso: "Intelligence by a Gentleman immediately from Cabbin Point Sept. 5th Halifax."
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.
In an unidentified contemporary hand.
On verso: "Intelligence by a Gentleman immediately from Cabbin Point Sept. 5th Halifax."
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 J.P. Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Concerning the movements of troops in Virginia before the Siege of Yorktown; mentioning the Marquis [de Lafayette] and General [Anthony] Wayne.
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