BIB_ID
80155
Accession number
MA 488.3
Display Date
[1781 Oct.].
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 36.9 cm
Notes
Purportedly in the hand of Alexander Ross.
See Writings of Washington, ed. Fitzpatrick, v. XXIII p. 242-243.
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.
Written down one half side of each page.
See Writings of Washington, ed. Fitzpatrick, v. XXIII p. 242-243.
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.
Written down one half side of each page.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Articles 1 to 6, drawn up at the instance of Lord Cornwallis by one of his negotiators, a corrected and final copy having been sent to General George Washington.
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