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NJJ.780.009
14 Jun 1780:11 (70)
Articles of Capitulation, proposed by Elias Durnford, Esq;
Lieutenant-Governor of the province 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 Et. Etc.
Art. I. . . [9 lines]
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 at a certain distance from the
covered way, they shall deliver up their arms; but the
Commandant and other officers shall keep their swords, and
neither their baggage nor that of the soldiers shall be
searched. (Granted.)
. . . [total of 11 articles follow in the rest of column l
and all of column 2]
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