Judah Morrill A.L.S., Camp Verplancks Point, 21 Sept. 1782 : to honored uncle and aunt, [S.l.]

Judah Morrill A.L.S., Camp Verplancks Point, 21 Sept. 1782 : to honored uncle and aunt, [S.l.]

Verplancks Point, [N.Y.] 1782

[2] p. ; 34 cm. (fol.)

MSS L1992.1.547 no. 3 [Oversize]

"I would acquaint you of two gents of the British and two of our men meeting this day at Philipse maner [manor] to set in behalf of the treaty and chiefly on the account of setling the account or prisoners; and that the commander in chief has giving [sic] out in orders, that there is a treaty now on foot in France, and further that it is in the gen.ls [illegible] that the army will be discharged this winter."|"The French army under the command of the Count Roshambo [sic] has bin passing ... with a large quantity of artillery baggage &c., and for further pirticulars you must wait until a further obertunity [sic] will offer."|Aphorisms on verso: "Contentment is a geum beyound a dimon" and "Truth may be blamed but cannot be shamed."|Also on verso: Rec'd of Mr. Jonathan B[arnard?] a butter & will repay him as quick as possible half a doz of the same sort of fra[e]sh butter.|Unidentified watermark, partially illegible.|See also MSS L1992.1.547 nos. 1 & 2 for other Morrill letters. They appear to be in three different hands, each signing for Morrill.

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