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From not long before Cornwallis would surrender at Yorktown...
From not long before Cornwallis would surrender at Yorktown...
Item # 703298
May 02, 1781
THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL OR NORTH AMERICAN INTELLIGENCER, Philadelphia, May 2, 1781
* Pre-surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
* American Revolutionary War original
A very nice issue from just five months before Cornwallis would surrender to Washington at Yorktown, essentially ending the Revolutionary War.
The front page has a report: "In Council" at Phila. beginning: "Whereas by an Act of Assembly...intitled 'An Act to complete the quota of the Federal Army assigned to this state..." with more. Also on the front page item begins: "Whenever I contemplate the causes of this lingering war, and the necessitous extremities to which an inexorable foe hath reduced many of your principal citizens...".
Pages 2 and 3 have some items relating to the Revolutionary War, a few including: "...The Marquis de la Layette's division of continental troops have left Elk Ridge landing, and are now on their march to join the southern army." Also: "By a gentleman from the southward we are informed that the garrison at Ninety-Six, which consisted of ninety regular and four hundred tories, had surrendered to Gen. Sumpter." Also: "Another assertion of this tale-telling Rivington is, 'That his Excellency General Washington hath lately taken measures to prevent all intercourse between us and our enemy...". Pages 1 and 4 have a lengthy letter signed by: "A Revolutionist", portions of which are shown in the photos.
Four pages, very nice, clean condition.
AI notes: In 1781, the Marquis de Lafayette, commanding a division of Continental Army troops, departed from Elk Ridge Landing (on the Potomac River, in Maryland) as part of the broader strategic operations in the mid-Atlantic theater. Lafayette’s forces, composed mainly of Continental regulars reinforced by militia, were maneuvering to contain British forces under General Cornwallis and support allied operations in Virginia. The departure from Elk Ridge Landing marked a key logistical point, as troops crossed the Potomac and moved southward, aiming to coordinate with other American and French forces, disrupt British communications, and prepare the way for the campaign that would culminate in the Siege of Yorktown later that year. Lafayette’s rapid, disciplined march demonstrated both his tactical skill and the growing effectiveness of the Continental Army in joint operations with French allies.
Category: Revolutionary War
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