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See catalogue entries for PRO 30/11/6/23, PRO 30/11/6/24r and PRO 30/11/6/24v.
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/11/6/23-24
See catalogue entries for PRO 30/11/6/23, PRO 30/11/6/24r and PRO 30/11/6/24v.
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The trenches before York. Articles of capitulation settled between His Excellency...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/11/74/128-134
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This record is about the The trenches before York. Articles of capitulation settled between His Excellency... dating from 1781 Oct 19 in the series Charles Cornwallis: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PRO 30/11/74/128-134
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1781 Oct 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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The trenches before York. Articles of capitulation settled between His Excellency General Washington ... the Count de Rochambeau ... and ... the Count de Grasse ... on the one part and ... Earl Cornwallis ... and Thomas Symonds, Esq ... on the other part. The 14 articles are in a column on the left hand side of the pages and beside them are notations that articles are accepted as they stand, or qualified, or rejected. The original, signed by Cornwallis, Symonds, Washington, Rochambeau, and de Barras, for himself and de Grasse. This may have been Cornwallis’s own copy of the agreement at the time of surrender.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6672221/
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PRO 30/11
Charles Cornwallis: Papers
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