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Title
Letter to Thomas Sim Lee, Governor of Maryland
Names
Hanson, John (Author)
Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819 (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

Maryland and Virginia

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1781-10-02
Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States. Continental Congress
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. Fo
Description
General Washington after his visit to Count de Grasse at Cape Henry returned to Williams-burgh the 23d ult.; he says that the Admiral is ready to cooperate against Cornwallis; the vessels from the head of Elk have arrived and are debarking the troops; accounts from New York say that the enemy suffered greatly in the engagement with the Count de Grasse; the Count's own account; Cornwallis's fate now seems inevitable; on the return of the fleet the British troops destined for the southward were landed on Staten Island because of sickness; they are there still.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1000
Archives EAD ID: 275439
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4dea2fe0-6a40-0139-01df-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Letter to Thomas Sim Lee, Governor of Maryland