BIB_ID
367847
Accession number
MA 489.71
Creator
Weedon, George, 1734-1793.
Display Date
1781 Aug. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.8 cm
Notes
Endorsed on verso.
The endorsement indicates this is a copy of a circular directed to officers at Stafford, Prince William, Fair Fax, and two other places whose names are unclear.
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.
The endorsement indicates this is a copy of a circular directed to officers at Stafford, Prince William, Fair Fax, and two other places whose names are unclear.
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
Concerning the need for troop readiness; reporting that the "Enemy are fortifying at York and it is said Vessels are gone to bring some of the Troops remaining at Portsmouth. Lord Cornwallis is at York which indicates a design of establishing at that place, so that at present there will be no Occasion to draw the men of your County out, but must request you to have every thing for defence in the most perfect readiness while you have leisure on your hands as it will certainly be our time next."
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