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PG-P.780.018
7 Jun 1780:23 (2608)
Articles of Capitulation proposed by Elias Durnford, Esq;
Lieutenant-Governor of West-Florida, Captain of Engineers,
and Commandant of his Britannic Majesty's troops in Fort
Charlotte of Mobile, and agreed to by his Excellency Don
Bernardo de Galvez, Knight Pensioner of the Royal and
Distinguished Order of Charles the Third, Brigadier of his
Majesty's armies, Inspector, Intendant and Governor-General
of the Province of Louisiana, and Commander in Chief of the
Expedition, &c. &c.
Art I. . . refused.
Art. II The first article having been refused, it is
demanded that the troops may march out of the fort, with
drums beating, and eighteen rounds of ammunition in their
cartridge boxes, and being a certain distance from the
covered way, they shall deliver up their arms; but the
Commandant and the other officers shall keep their swords,
and neither their baggage nor that of the soldiers shall be
searched. (Granted.)
. . . [9 Articles follow]
[signed] Bernardo de Galvez.
Published by order of Congress,
Charles Thomson, Secretary.
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