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VGR(DN.780.002
7 Jun 1780:21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 33 (66)
. . . [5 1/2 columns of correspondence between B. Lincoln
and H. Clinton concerning the articles of capitulation for
the town of Charleston. Article 7 proposed to read:]
The garrison shall at an hour appointed, march out with
shouldered arms, drums beating, and colours flying, to a
place agreed on, where they will pile their arms.
[This was revised by the British to read:]
The Whole garrison shall, at an hour to be appointed, march
out of 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.
. . . [4 other articles follow; in a summary of the
alterations:]
Art. VII. This article to stand as at first proposed, the
drums not beating a British march.
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