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Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown...
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THE LONDON MAGAZINE, London, December, 1781 Certainly the most historic report in this issue--and perhaps in any issue from the Revolutionary War--is that near the back of the issue under "American Affairs". It is an "Extract of a Letter from Sir Henry Clinton to...George Germain..." dated at New York, Nov. 13, 1781, which has: "In my last dispatch...my fears respecting the state of the army in Virginia. It now gives me the deepest concern to inform you, that they were but too well founded..." with more on the introduction of the: "Letter from Lt. General Earl Cornwallis, to Sir Henry Clinton, dated York-Town, in Virginia, Oct. 20, 1781". And what follows is the historic letter which begins with the famous sentence: "I have the mortification to inform your Excellency, that I have been forced to give up the posts of York and Gloucester, and to surrender the troops under my command, by capitulation, on the 19th instant, as prisoners of war to the combined forces of America and France..." with much more, it taking nearly 2 pages and signed in type: Cornwallis.Complete in 48 pages, 5 by 8 inches, the upper right corner of the titlepg., plate, and first leaf is missing with minimal loss, otherwise in very nice, clean condition. The full page plate is of: "Lord Camden" with the other plate lacking. A bit close-trimmed at the right edge of the titlepg. only.
Formatted very much like the Gentleman's Magazine but a much more scarce title. The title/contents page features a great engraving of the skyline of London.
Category: Revolutionary War