Document, 1781 October 21

 

Name
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Title
Document, 1781 October 21
Abstract
ADftS. Indicates that French ships are about to dispatch with official accounts of the Battle of Yorktown. Knox feels he should tell Jay what has occurred because an official account from Congress may not be immediately forthcoming. Although the British had less forces in America than in 1776 or 1777, the Continental Army was compelled to attack Yorkt own or consider the southern states lost. The Compte de Grasse was of similar opinion, and plans to attack New York were abandoned in favor of a siege of Yorktown. Knox indicates that much of the text should replicate that in his letter to John Adams. A post script indicates that George Washington sent Jay authenticated copies of Lord Cornwallis' capitulation.
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Date
1781 October 21
Physical Description
2
Note
The entire content of the original has been digitized.
Library Location
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
(Non-Columbia Location)
Also In
The papers of John Jay