Document, 1781 October 21
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- Title
- Document, 1781 October 21
- Name
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 (Author)
- Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Format
- correspondence
- Digital Project
- Papers of John Jay
- Date
- 1781 October 21
- Physical Description
- 2
- Subjects
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Summary
- 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 Yorktown 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.
- Identifier
- columbia.jay.90518