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IL.780.015
26 Jun 1780:31,32,33,41,42 (3/107)
Philade[phia]. Last Wednesday evening arrived, . . . [ ]
with the following dispatches from Major General Lincoln to
Congress. Charlestown, May 24, 1780. . . . [3 columns
describing surrender negotiations for Charlestown between
Clinton, Arbuthnot, and Lincoln, concluding with Lincoln's
Articles of Capitulation]
Article VII. The garrison shall at an hour appointed,
march out with shouldered arms, drums beating, and colours
flying, to a place to be agreed on, where they will pile the
arms.
. . . [1 column concluding with Clinton's Articles of
Capitulation]
Article VII. The whole garrison shall, at an hour to be
appointed, march out of the town to the ground between the
works of the place and the canal, where they will deposit
their arms. The drums are not to beat a British march, or
colours to be uncased.
. . . [1/2 column, Lincoln's refusal to accept the Articles
and offering his Alteration of Articles of Capitulation]
. . . Article VII. This article to stand as at first
proposed, the drums not beating a British march.
. . . [1 3/4 columns finalizing surrender terms, a list of
casualties, and concluding with a list of prisoners of war]
Non-commissioned officers 209, drums and fifes, 140 rank and
file 1977. . . [4 lines, number of deserters, signed]
Charles Thomson, Sec'ry.
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