Lot 106
[Cornwallis Surrender] The Continental Journal and Weekly Advertiser. Boston, December 14, 1781, 4 pp. Page 3 has lengthy letter, nearly two full columns, from Lord Cornwallis to Loyalist printer James Rivington, York-town, in Virginia, October 20, 1781, that begins "I have the mortification to inform your Excellency that I have been forced to give up the posts of York and Gloucester, and to surrender the troops under my command, by capitulation…as prisoners of war to the combined forces of America and France…" He continues with a detailed description of the battle and his correspondence with General George Washington. Other news includes a page 1 plea from "Merchants and Owners of ships taken by the English….,"a nearly full-page report from the British House of Commons about the impracticability of the American war and additional reports from Philadelphia, Hartford, and Boston. Some edge chipping to upper margins; small paper loss at top right corner of page 2 affects a few words; pages are separated, each with old mounting strip on verso. A very desirable issue.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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