Record ID:
105253
Accession number:
MA 488.113
Credit:
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description:
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 32.2 cm
Notes:
Addressed to "The honble / General Varnum / Philadelphia."
With trace of a seal.
Docketed.
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.
Summary:
Informing him of his victory at Eutaw Springs; congratulating him on their happy prospects in Virginia; praising George Washington: "General Washington is a most fortunate as well as a great and good Man. He will be the deliverer of his own Country, how pleasing the task, how honorable the business. Nations shall rise up and call him blessed"; asking if he has had any family news from Rhode Island.
Provenance:
Purchased by J.P. Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
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