BIB_ID
366813
Accession number
MA 489.57
Creator
Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785.
Display Date
1781 Apr. 8.
Credit line
Acquired before 1927.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 30.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal to "The Hon'ble / Major Gen'l Greene / Head Quarters."
Endorsed on verso.
Place of writing from the published letter.
Removed in 1927 from Irving: Life of Washington, v. IV.
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.
Endorsed on verso.
Place of writing from the published letter.
Removed in 1927 from Irving: Life of Washington, v. IV.
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.
Summary
Concerning a proposed rendezvous of troops, the route involved and the location of the enemy relative to the route; discussing the provision of arms; requesting "the Arrearage due" him and "also the Officers, who have solicited me, for Application to you on this Matter (for myself, I have not realy, twenty dollars at command).".
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