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CJ-NH.780.010
29 Jun 1780:11,12,13 (661)
Copies of letters and Articles of Capitulation, April 10---
May 11, 1780. . . [8 lines explaining why No. I and II were
not printed, 11 lines of letter, Lincoln to Arbuthnot,
introducing articles of capitulation dated April 21, 1780,
13 lines of letter, Clinton to Lincoln, 12 lines of articles
I and II, 8 lines of article III]
. . .and that those troops shall retire with the usual
honours of war, and carry off with them during that time,
their arms, field artillery, ammunition, baggage, and such
of their stores as they may be able to transport. . . [56
lines articles IV - X11 and 1 line signature, Benjamin
Lincoln]
No. VI. . . [4 lines introduction] We have in answer to your
third article (for we cannot proceed further) to refer you
to our former offer, as terms which, although you cannot
claim, we yet consent to grant. . . [14 more lines
describing further terms two lines signatures of H. Clinton
and Mr. Arbuthnot and one line addressee, 25 lines No. VII,
Clinton to Lincoln, 9 lines No. VIII, Lincoln to Clinton, 7
lines No. IX, Clinton to Lincoln, 8 lines, Lincoln to
Clinton, 31 lines articles of capitulation I - VII
(undated)]
Article VII. The garrison shall, at an hour appointed, march
out with shouldered arms, drums beating & colours flying, to
a place to be agreed on, where they shall pile their arms. .
. [30 more lines, articles VIII - XII signed by B. Lincoln,
8 lines No. XII, Clinton to Lincoln, 13 lines No. XIII,
Clinton to Lincoln, 8 lines No. XIV, Lincoln to Clinton, 17
lines No. XV, Clinton to Lincoln, 9 lines No. XVI, Lincoln
to Clinton. At this point reader is referred to last page]
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