BIB_ID
157861
Accession number
MA 488.77
Creator
Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814.
Display Date
1781 Oct. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 32.8 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
Praising Greene for his "superior judgment in planning as well as [his] great firmness and perseverance in executing the arduous business of this Campaign"; giving an "account of affairs to the Northward," including the storming of Fort Griswold; mentioning Sir Henry Clinton and [Benedict] Arnold; giving details of damage to the British fleet; reporting that Philadelphia has had "strong alarms" that the enemy might try to burn the city; mentioning that Admiral [Robert] Digby has arrived in New York; commenting on the upcoming election in Pennsylvania and mentioning [Joseph] Reed; writing that Philadelphia has had favorable commerce this summer, and "goods of all kinds are very plentiful"; congratulating Greene on his success in the Battle of Eutaw Springs.
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