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Autograph extract of a document signed, 1781 Sept. 19.

BIB_ID
367174
Accession number
MA 489.60
Creator
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 15.1 x 19.3 cm
Notes
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
Being an extract from the minutes of the "United States in Congress Assembled, Sept. 19, 1781;" resolving that the State of Delaware should hold its militia in readiness and that half of that force be ordered into the field "as the movements of the enemy at New York indicate an Attack in that quarter."