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- GLC#
- GLC06691
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 22, 1781
- Author/Creator
- Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
- Title
- to Nathanael Greene
- Place Written
- Williamsburg, Virginia
- Pagination
- 6 p. : docket ; Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Major General Wayne writing shortly before the siege of Yorktown, looks forward to the arrival of Admiral François de Grasse and praises the French forces. Predicts victory over Lord Cornwallis. Expects that the arrival of George Washington "will enable us to complete the investiture immediately." Comments on the Marquis de Lafayette's illness and his own wound. Describes the British fortifications at Yorktown and Gloucester and expresses his "fervent hope to see the American Colours...displayed upon the British lines."
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