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On the alliance with France... George Washington defeated...
On the alliance with France... George Washington defeated...
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October 25, 1780
THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, Oct. 25, 1780
* re. Battle of Camden - South Carolina
* General George Washington
Page 2 has over half a column taken up with a: "Proclamation" signed by: LaFayette, concerning the cooperation of France with America to free Canada, and including: "...The time is at last arrived when Canada will be set free and in joining itself to the Thirteen Independent States, will bind again the cord of that strict friendship which unites them for ever to France..." with much more (see). Also on pg. 2 is mention: "...that Gen. Gates and several of the leading men in the provinces of Carolina, have offered to surrender to Earl Cornwallis upon condition of receiving a free pardon & permission to come to England..." and also: "...from Paris, that Doctor Franklin has postponed his intention of offering proposals on the part of the Congress of America...until some accounts of the progress of the united armies arrive from that quarter...".
More on page 2 as well, plus American content on page 3, a few bits including: "...Sir Henry Clinton is perfectly dissatisfied with his situation beyond a doubt & has peremptorily insisted upon being recalled, which request has been at last complied with, and Lord Cornwallis will very shortly succeed to the command in America...That General Washington had been defeated by Sir Henry Clinton..." and more. Also a chart of the "...number of inhabitants in the several provinces of North America, in the year 1776" (see).
Other items as well. Four pages, folio size, some rubbing to folds on the front leaf only, generally nice.
Category: Revolutionary War
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