Siege of York and Gloucester, Virginia 1781 September 15 to October 17

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Summary

Creator:
Unknown
Abstract:
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Unsigned manuscript journal chronicalling the events leading to the Siege of Yorktown, 1781 October 19. Mentions the arrival of Fren ch generals Lafayette and de Grasse and of George Washington at Jamestown and of the Continental Army at the James River. Notes the bu rning of the British flagship, the "Charon". Records the number of dead and wounded.Mentions {Robert} Abercromby, Baron von Steuben, {Charles} Cornwallis, {John} Muhlenberg, and Claude Saint-Simon, and the details of the British surrender.

Biographical / historical:

None available.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1981
Arrangement:

1 item.

Physical location:
On site.
Physical description:
1 item.