BIB_ID
211073
Accession number
MA 489.105
Creator
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795.
Display Date
1782 Mar. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.2 cm
Notes
Endorsed on verso with notation "sent same day between 2 & 3 oClock P.M."
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
Preparing to report "to Government respecting the State of this Country and the Disposition of the People since the unfortunate conclusion of the Campaign in Chesapeak;" asking his advice on how to respond to the "message we have received from Dutches and Ulster Counties" and whether it is of sufficient importance to report to Government; adding that "it will not be possible to transmit by this Packet to His Majesty's Secretary of State a full Account of the Claims made on Government for the Rent of Houses &c but at the same time thinking it necessary that something should be said to him on that head;" asking for his advice as soon as possible as "The Packet is to sail on Sunday..."
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