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CC-H.780.025
4 Jul 1780:13 (806)
Philadelphia, June 17. Last Wednesday evening arrived,
Lieutenant Colonel Terpant, with the following dispatches
from Major General Lincoln to Congress. Charlestown, May
24, 1780. . . [225 lines 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. . . [92 lines 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. . . [47 lines,
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. . . [50 lines 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 and
signature]
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