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- GLC#
- GLC02498.08-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 2 August 1781
- Author/Creator
- Mercer, John F., 1759-1821
- Title
- to Thomas Nelson
- Place Written
- Marlborough, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 20 cm, Width: 32.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Relays information about and an analysis of Lord Cornwallis's maneuvers to Virginia's Governor Nelson. Written shortly before the defeat of Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown. Mercer (who later became the governor of Maryland) was then an officer in the Continental Army.
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