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Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown: the definitive report...
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown: the definitive report...
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THE WESTMINSTER MAGAZINE, London, December, 1781* Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
* Surrender at Yorktown - Virginia
* Revolutionary War from the enemy
Certainly the most historic report in this issue--and perhaps in any issue from the Revolutionary War--is that near the back which 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..."
What follows this is the: "Copy of a Letter from Lt. General Earl Cornwallis, to Sir Henry Clinton, dated York Town, in Virginia, Oct. 20, 1781". This very historic letter 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 over 2 pages and is signed in type: Cornwallis.
More Revolutionary War content as well, but it pales in comparison to the mentioned reports.
Formatted very much like the Gentleman's Magazine but a much more scarce title.
No plates are present.
Complete in 58 pages, 5 1/4 by 8 1/4 inches, great condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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