BIB_ID
121885
Accession number
MA 489.12
Creator
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818.
Display Date
1781 Aug. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 32.3 cm
Notes
Address panel to "Major Gen. Greene."
Endorsed on verso.
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.
Endorsed on verso.
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
Providing intelligence on troop movements; informing him that he will "cross the river tomorrow to energize my men & to throw myself in the road of intelligence & the paths of fortune. I cannot suppose Cornwallis will continue on [illegible] with a reduced command, he will not be second when he may be first; therefore I am of opinion [illegible] with the detachment you mention, is gone to New York, & that his Lordship will shortly be in Chstown. Was you but able, it would be great to strike Stuart before his friend arrives. Perhaps it would be well for you to move to the Congaree to be ready on the junction of your militia & to spend the [illegible] on this river;" adding, in a postscript beneath the address panel, "Two Hessian dragoons have this moment come in from the enemy's camp. Nothing new."
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