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NHG-P.780.003
1 Jul 1780:21,22 (1236)
Philadelphia, June 17. Last Wednesday evening arrived here
Lieutenant Col. Ternant, with the following dispatches from
Major-General Lincoln to Congress. Charlestown, May 24,
1780.
Sir, The enclosed paper will inform Congress of each
important circumstance which has occurred in this
department, since I did myself the honor to write them on
the 19th ult. by Mr. Cannon.
They will thereby observe, that after every effort and
exertion made by a handful of brave troops, contending with
numberless hardships and difficulties, (to all which they
most chearfully submitted) we were reduced to the sad
necessity of treating with Sir Henry Clinton, and acceding
to the terms of capitulation, which accompany this letter.
. . . [74 lines]
Art. 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 their arms.
Answer, the whole garrison shall, at an hour [ ]
appointed, march out of the town to the[ ] between the
works of the place and [ ] they will deposit their arms; [
] not to beat a British march, or colours to be uncased.
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