BIB_ID
80316
Accession number
MA 6
Creator
André, John, 1751-1780.
Display Date
1780 Sept. 7.
Credit line
Probably acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.8 cm.
Notes
Colonel Sheldon was in command of a detachment of cavalry stationed on the east side of the Hudson and was acting as the intermediary between Benedict Arnold and John André; Arnold had asked that André come in disguise.
Signed "John Anderson."
Signed "John Anderson."
Provenance
Probably acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Requesting permission to meet "Mr. G----" (Benedict Arnold) on very private business, near Sheldon's outposts; refusing to "get to your lines by stealth."
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