Extract of a letter from General Gates, dated camp at Saratoga, October 18, 1777 : Sir, I have the satisfaction to present your Excellency with the convention of Saratoga ; by which His Excellency Lieutenant General Burgoyne has surrendered himself ...

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806.

United States. Continental Congress.

Series:

LLMC-digital (Series)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792.

Burgoyne, John.

Military campaigns.

Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces.

United States.

History.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.

New York (State).

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Thanksgiving day proclamations -- 1777 Dec. 18.

Playbills (Posters)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages)

Other Title:

Articles of convention between Lieutenant General Burgoyne, and Major General Gates

Place of Publication:

Lancaster [Pa.] : Printed by Francis Bailey, [1777]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The thirteen articles of convention are followed by: Extract of a letter from General Gates, dated Albany, October 20, 1777, concerning the British army's burning of Kingston, N.Y.; and a copy of the recommendation "to set apart Thursday, the 18th day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise," dated "In Congress, Nov. 1, 1777."

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed September 19, 2017).

Imprint from colophon.

Text in two columns.

Cited in:

Bristol B4623

Shipton & Mooney 43394

Related Work:

United States. Continental Congress. In Congress, Nov. 1, 1777. Forasmuch as it is the indispensible duty ...

Other Format:

Print version: Extract of a letter from General Gates, dated camp at Saratoga, October 18, 1777.

OCLC:

62809649

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