James McHenry A.L.S. Headquarters [Virginia?], 1st July 1781 : to Mrs. [Samuel?] Smith, [Baltimore]
1781
MSS L1980.1.391
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Title
James McHenry A.L.S. Headquarters [Virginia?], 1st July 1781 : to Mrs. [Samuel?] Smith, [Baltimore]
Published
Headquarters [Virginia?] 1781
Description
[1] leaf ; 21 cm. (4to)
Call Number
MSS L1980.1.391
Note
The addressee is probably Margaret Spear Smith, who had in 1778 married Samuel Smith of the Maryland Line.
In July, 1781, McHenry was an aide-de-camp to Lafayette, who was serving in Virginia as part of the Yorktown campaign.
"The shirts and linens, which you, Madam, and the other ladies so benvolently provided for the Maryland troops, under General Greene, are yet with this army, owing to the late movements of Lord Cornwallis.... From what these troops have done and suffered, the ladies could not have chosen objects more deserving of their donation."
"... for it does not always happen, that youth, beauty, and the virtues are so deeply concerned in such splendid acts of goodness and patriotism."
Partial watermark at left margin. Digitized Image available, see URL
In July, 1781, McHenry was an aide-de-camp to Lafayette, who was serving in Virginia as part of the Yorktown campaign.
"The shirts and linens, which you, Madam, and the other ladies so benvolently provided for the Maryland troops, under General Greene, are yet with this army, owing to the late movements of Lord Cornwallis.... From what these troops have done and suffered, the ladies could not have chosen objects more deserving of their donation."
"... for it does not always happen, that youth, beauty, and the virtues are so deeply concerned in such splendid acts of goodness and patriotism."
Partial watermark at left margin. Digitized Image available, see URL
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