BIB_ID
211304
Accession number
MA 488.86
Creator
Clinton, James, 1736-1812.
Display Date
1778 Aug. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 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
Reporting that "fifteen Deserters came in yesterday from the Enemy and are Coming in Every Opportunity"; mentioning the army in Rhode Island and its intention to "Open a Battery" against the British; noting that the "French Fleet who went in Pursuit of the English Fleet had not returned to Rhode Island the 17th last"; hoping she is in good health and sending his love to the children and other family members; sending a message for John Burnet.
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