Reward for Benedict Arnold... Cornwallis about to fall at Yorktown...
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November 22, 1781
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, November 22, 1781
* Revolutionary war original from the enemy
* Benedict Arnold
* Lord Cornwallis
* Yorktown
The front page has a report which is headed: "Extract of a Letter from Sir Henry Clinton to Lord George Germaine dated New York, October 15, 1781" which begins: "I have the honour to enclose...copies of an exchange effected on the 3rd of British and German officers of the troops of convention, and prisoners of war...." and what follows is a list of names of officers exchanged at Staten Island on Sept. 3, 1781 (see photos).
Two-thirds of a front page column is headed: "America" and is prefaced: "The following address from the loyal refugees was presented to his Royal Highness Prince William Henry on the first instant..." which begins:
* We his Majesty's dutiful & loyal subjects, the refugees stationed on Bergen Neck, beg leave to address your Royal Highness..." and ends with: "...praying for that day when rebellion may be crushed & peace established throughout this Continent & his Majesty's standard displayed triumphant by land and sea... (see photos).
Page 2 has a fascinating item reading in part: "...The General Congress have issued a Proclamation offering a reward of 5000 pounds sterling to be paid immediately to any person or persons who shall bring, dead or alive, General Arnold, whom they call a traitor to his country, for deserting the cause & fighting under the banners of England; all his property has been confiscated, and if he should fall alive into the hands of the Congress, his punishment will be very severe."
Another page has a letter from New York dated Oct. 17 which notes: "...left the Chesapeak the 12th instant...informed me that the French & rebels had invested York Town & had thrown up works within about 600 yards of our redoubts. That two attempts had been made to storm one of the forts...the highest probability that an army so brave, with such a commander as Lord Cornwallis, would be able to withstand the most strenuous efforts of a formidable enemy till he may be succored from hence..." with more. How wrong they were. On Oct. 19 Cornwallis would surrender to Washington.
This report is followed by a "Hand bill printed at Charlestown [Charleston]" (see photos).
Complete in 8 pages, 8 1/2 by 11 inches, very nice & clean condition.
* Revolutionary war original from the enemy
* Benedict Arnold
* Lord Cornwallis
* Yorktown
The front page has a report which is headed: "Extract of a Letter from Sir Henry Clinton to Lord George Germaine dated New York, October 15, 1781" which begins: "I have the honour to enclose...copies of an exchange effected on the 3rd of British and German officers of the troops of convention, and prisoners of war...." and what follows is a list of names of officers exchanged at Staten Island on Sept. 3, 1781 (see photos).
Two-thirds of a front page column is headed: "America" and is prefaced: "The following address from the loyal refugees was presented to his Royal Highness Prince William Henry on the first instant..." which begins:
* We his Majesty's dutiful & loyal subjects, the refugees stationed on Bergen Neck, beg leave to address your Royal Highness..." and ends with: "...praying for that day when rebellion may be crushed & peace established throughout this Continent & his Majesty's standard displayed triumphant by land and sea... (see photos).
Page 2 has a fascinating item reading in part: "...The General Congress have issued a Proclamation offering a reward of 5000 pounds sterling to be paid immediately to any person or persons who shall bring, dead or alive, General Arnold, whom they call a traitor to his country, for deserting the cause & fighting under the banners of England; all his property has been confiscated, and if he should fall alive into the hands of the Congress, his punishment will be very severe."
Another page has a letter from New York dated Oct. 17 which notes: "...left the Chesapeak the 12th instant...informed me that the French & rebels had invested York Town & had thrown up works within about 600 yards of our redoubts. That two attempts had been made to storm one of the forts...the highest probability that an army so brave, with such a commander as Lord Cornwallis, would be able to withstand the most strenuous efforts of a formidable enemy till he may be succored from hence..." with more. How wrong they were. On Oct. 19 Cornwallis would surrender to Washington.
This report is followed by a "Hand bill printed at Charlestown [Charleston]" (see photos).
Complete in 8 pages, 8 1/2 by 11 inches, very nice & clean condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
