BIB_ID
79989
Accession number
MA 488.74
Creator
Ashe, John Baptista, 1748-1802.
Display Date
1781 Dec. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 30.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The Honble. / Major General Green / S. Carolina."
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
Asking him to return Major [Pinketham] Eaton's horses to his estate so his creditors do not suffer; explaining that Eaton's estate has been sold but is "unequal to discharging the demands against it" without the horses; congratulating him on the fall of Cornwallis at Yorktown; observing that this victory has thrown the "Ballance of the War, largely in favour of America."
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