![MORGAN, Daniel, Brigadier General, Continental Army. Autograph letter signed ("Danl: Morgan") TO GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE, Saratoga [Morgan's home near Winchester, Va.], 11 April 1781. 2½ pages, folio, 238 X 208 mm. (13¼ x 86in.), address panel on page 4, WITH MORGAN'S FRANKING SIGNATURE note in an unknown hand "Express rider."](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1998/NYP/1998_NYP_09012_0117_000(112942).jpg?w=1)
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MORGAN, Daniel, Brigadier General, Continental Army. Autograph letter signed ("Danl: Morgan") TO GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE, Saratoga [Morgan's home near Winchester, Va.], 11 April 1781. 2½ pages, folio, 238 X 208 mm. (13¼ x 86in.), address panel on page 4, WITH MORGAN'S FRANKING SIGNATURE note in an unknown hand "Express rider."
MORGAN CONGRATULATES GREENE ON THE BATTLE OF GUILDFORD COURTHOUSE
A rare letter of Morgan, of excellent content, congratulating Greene, whose last letter to the Virginia rifleman (recuperating at home) must have given news of the Battle of Guildford Courthouse (15 March): "...I have been particularly happy in my connections in the Army, and am happy to tell you, Sir, that you are among the Number I esteem. Your good conduct as an officer and a gentleman while I had the pleasure of serving with you created that esteem, and your gallantry & good conduct since...has confirmed it...no doubt you will have the thanks of your country, for in my opinion you have done wonders, in repelling the enemy when the whole country stood trembling...Your determination to give the enemy battle was...well timed...such conduct and bravery can seldom fail." Just praise, Morgan writes, "is that grand stimulus that pushes men on to great actions." He has "sent the standard [a captured flag?] on to Congress, and informed the president by your order. I expect by this time you have come up with my lord Cornwallis, and am in hopes with an army sufficient to cope with him, but much fear it, as I know what militia can do, but I think Cornwallis's army must be dispirited from the manner they were handled [in] the last engagement. God send you success. I am directed by our [Virginia] Assembly to send their thanks to the officers & men that fought with me on the 17th Jany. last" [at the Battle of Cowpens], and he requests Greene to "put it out in orders." His health is still poor, he adds, but he is hopeful "to give you some little assistance..." In fact, Morgan, who had played such a key role in the early battles of the conflict, never really fought again in the Revolution. Cowpens had been his last, greatest triumph.
MORGAN CONGRATULATES GREENE ON THE BATTLE OF GUILDFORD COURTHOUSE
A rare letter of Morgan, of excellent content, congratulating Greene, whose last letter to the Virginia rifleman (recuperating at home) must have given news of the Battle of Guildford Courthouse (15 March): "...I have been particularly happy in my connections in the Army, and am happy to tell you, Sir, that you are among the Number I esteem. Your good conduct as an officer and a gentleman while I had the pleasure of serving with you created that esteem, and your gallantry & good conduct since...has confirmed it...no doubt you will have the thanks of your country, for in my opinion you have done wonders, in repelling the enemy when the whole country stood trembling...Your determination to give the enemy battle was...well timed...such conduct and bravery can seldom fail." Just praise, Morgan writes, "is that grand stimulus that pushes men on to great actions." He has "sent the standard [a captured flag?] on to Congress, and informed the president by your order. I expect by this time you have come up with my lord Cornwallis, and am in hopes with an army sufficient to cope with him, but much fear it, as I know what militia can do, but I think Cornwallis's army must be dispirited from the manner they were handled [in] the last engagement. God send you success. I am directed by our [Virginia] Assembly to send their thanks to the officers & men that fought with me on the 17th Jany. last" [at the Battle of Cowpens], and he requests Greene to "put it out in orders." His health is still poor, he adds, but he is hopeful "to give you some little assistance..." In fact, Morgan, who had played such a key role in the early battles of the conflict, never really fought again in the Revolution. Cowpens had been his last, greatest triumph.