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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 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.
Category: Revolutionary War
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