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A Letter... to his Constituents... relative to his return to America
1779
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792
Fourth edition. Printed by J. Almon. With advertisements.
GLC05202
Copy of Articles of capitulation between Lieut. Genl. Burgoyne and Major Genl. Gates
circa 16 October 1777
Copy of terms of surrender of the convention after the Battle of Saratoga. Docket has copy marked as No. 12. The document has the four copied signatures of Lt. Col. Nicholas Sutherland, Capt. James Henry Craig, Adjunct General James Wilkinson, and...
GLC05222
to unknown
circa October 1777
Seymour, Thomas, 1735-1829
Written by Seymour as Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry under General Horatio Gates to an unknown recipient. Writes in a jubilant tone about American victory over General John Burgoyne's army at Saratoga. Says the British and Hessian troops surrendered...
GLC04495
Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga N.Y. Oct. 17th 1777
1852
Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888
Created by Currier as a lithograph of the painting by John Trumbull, which hangs in the U.S. Capital Building. Signature in lower right corner of lithograph says "O. Knursch 1852." Fine print below the picture says "Entered according to act of...
GLC03567
to William Heath
17 June 1778
Phillips, William, 1731-1781
Written by British General Phillips as commanding officer of the Convention Army, which consisted of prisoners of war from the Saratoga campaign to Heath as American commander in charge of the Convention Army. Phillips wants to know if Heath will...
GLC04834
Freshest Advices from the Northern Army [battle of Freeman's Farm at Saratoga]
1777
Report on the battle of Freeman's Farm at Saratoga which made obvious to Burgoyne that he would have to surrender. References: Bristol B4441; Ford 2055.
GLC04840
to Friedrich Riedesel [in French]
11 September 1777
Written by British General Burgoyne as he is marching southward through New York to General Baron Riedesel commander of the German troops with Burgoyne. Letter is in French with partial translation in seller's description in collateral file. Updates...
GLC04761
22 March 1778
Written by General Burgoyne as a prisoner of war after his defeat at Saratoga in October 1777 to Heath as commander of the Convention Army, which consisted of the British prisoners of war previously commanded by Burgoyne. Says he is obliged by Heath...
GLC04762
to Robert Kingston
30 August 1778
Written by General Burgoyne in England as a parolee after Battle of Saratoga to Kingston as Burgoyne's Adjutant General. Mentions that he received information that the government might use intelligence from Boston as grounds to return him to America...
GLC04763
Burgoyne-Kingston collection: papers concerning Convention Army after Saratoga [word processed inventory available] [decimalized]
1776/12-1779/03
Kingston, Robert M., ?-1794
Bulk 11/1777-04/1778. Papers retained by Lieut. Gen. John Burgoyne's Adjutant General, mostly his (frequently strained) communications with Maj. Gen. William Heath concerning the conditions of the British officer prisoners (41 items). The...
GLC04764
[Cypher]
circa 1777-1779
Appears to be Kingston's cypher to communicate with his superiors while a prisoner of war after the Battle of Saratoga. On verso are the names of the people who seem to be in on the coded messages: General Sir William Howe, General Robert Pigot...
GLC04764.01
Appears to be Kingston's cypher to communicate with Sir Henry Clinton in code. "Sir Henry Clinton" is written in pen at the top of one side, along with the word "Top" as a direction of how to place the cypher. There are 4 cut outs. When placed over a...
GLC04764.02
Cypher for coded messages probably made by Kingston as a prisoner of war after the Battle of Saratoga. Has four long rectangles cut out. When placed over a letter of the same size the cut outs allow the true message to be conveyed. The name "L...
GLC04764.03
Return of the Number of Drafts received by the 40th Regiment from the Several Regiments serving in Canada &c & Amboy 20th March 1777
20 March 1777
Musgrave, Thomas, 1738-1812
Written by Musgrave as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 40th Regiment, before the loss at the Battle of Saratoga. Document records the number of troops sent over from the 8th, 9th, 47th, and 62nd Regiments. The total number of troops sent to the 40th...
GLC04764.04
[Documents pretaining to pay for drivers and horses during Saratoga Campaign]
3 March 1778
Document signed by Major General Phillips, after the Battle of Saratoga. Certifies the account that 1020 pounds of Halifax currency is due to Jacob Jordan for the use of 400 horses and 200 drivers to pull his artillery during the campaign around...
GLC04764.36
State of Effectives under the command of Lieutenant General Burgoyne 12th Octr., 77
1763-1783
Lists troops totals under General Burgoyne at the end of the Saratoga Campaign. Divided into 4 categories, exclusive of artillery: those fit for service, those on guard duty, officers servants, and scouting rangers. Further subdivided between British...
GLC04764.37
[Account for payment]
20 October 1777
Money, J., fl. 1777
Captain Money says he received slightly over 41 pounds sterling from David Geddes, acting paymaster for General John Burgoyne after the defeat at the Battle of Saratoga. Says the money is for the late Sir Francis Clarke, the former aide-de-camp to...
GLC04764.38
Objections, by the 24th Regt.
1777-1778
List of two objections the 24th Regiment of Foot had against the Articles of Convention that delineated the terms of surrender of the British Army after its defeat in the Battle of Saratoga. Seems to be written in the months after the battle at...
GLC04764.39
[Objections of officers of the 20th Regiment to conditions under the Articles of Convention]
10 November 1777
Rollinson, J., fl. 1777
Document by the Captains, Subalterns, and staff of the 20th Regiment of Foot asserts that the Americans need to follow through on the stipulations in the Articles of Convention, which delineated the conditions of surrender after the Battle of...
GLC04764.40
Advanced Corps
Complaints of the Advanced Corps over the implementation of the Articles of Convention after the Battle of Saratoga. Date inferred from other documents in this collection, which have similar complaints around the end of 1777. Place written inferred...
GLC04764.41
The Field Officers of the 9th Objections to the Parole
Field officers of the 9th Regiment of Foot sent their complaints against the implementation of the Articles of Convention after the Battle of Saratoga. Date inferred from other documents in this collection listing the complaints of other British...
GLC04764.42
to John Burgoyne
16 December 1777
Heath, William, 1737-1814
Written by Heath, as American commander of the district where the Convention Army was located. The Convention Army consisted of the British prisoners of war after the Battle of Saratoga. To General Burgoyne, the British commander, in captivity...
GLC04764.43
Collateral Correspondence relative to the Troops of the Convention
4 January 1778-23 March 1778
List of 15 letters, mostly to or from General John Burgoyne, sent and received involving the Convention Army, which consisted of captured British soldiers after the Battle of Saratoga. First two deal with Continental Congress's refusal to change...
GLC04764.44
3 January 1778
Letter in response to GLC04764.45. Written by Heath, the American General in charge of the district where the captured British Convention Army was based, to General Burgoyne, the commander of the British troops in the Convention Army. Gives...
GLC04764.46
8 January 1778
Marked No. 37. Written by Burgoyne as commander of the British forces in the captured Convention Army to Heath as American commander of the district where the Convention Army is located. References Heath's letter of that same day. Has no objection to...
GLC04764.47
Written by General Heath as commander of the district where the captured British Convention Army is located to General Burgoyne, the commander of the Convention Army. Says that Mr. Blodget has valid complaints against British soldiers demolishing...
GLC04764.48
9 January 1778
Written by General Heath as commander of the district where the captured British Convention Army is situated to General Burgoyne, commander of the Convention Army. Complains that British troops are guilty of abusive behavior toward the sentries and...
GLC04764.49
January 10, 1778
Written by General Heath as commander of the district where the captured British Convention Army is situated to General Burgoyne as commander of the Convention Army. References Burgoyne's letter of 9 January 1778. Disagrees with Burgoyne's's...
GLC04764.50
January 12, 1778
Written by General Burgoyne as commander of the captured British Convention Army to General Heath as commander of the district where the Convention Army is situated. References Heath's letter of 10 January 1778, where Heath expressed anger over...
GLC04764.51
January 13, 1778
Written by General Heath as commander of the district where the captured British Convention Army was situated to General Burgoyne as commander of the Convention Army. References letter from Burgoyne of 13 January 1778. Says he immediately ordered...
GLC04764.52
An indigent letter written by General Burgoyne as commander of captured British Convention Army to General Heath as American commander of the district where the Convention Army is located. Marked "No. 45." Burgoyne has made multiple corrections and...
GLC04764.53
[List of documents sent to General William Heath]
List of documents that were inserted in General John Burgoyne's letter to General William Heath (see GLC04764.53). Burgoyne, as commander of the captured British Convention Army was sending documents to deal with complaints registered by Heath as the...
GLC04764.54
January 14, 1778
Written by General Heath as commander of the district where the captured British Convention Army was being held to General Burgoyne as Convention Army commander. Says it appears likely the transports will soon arrive to take the Convention soldiers...
GLC04764.55
[Queries to the court of inquiry]
List of five questions a secretary or staff officer wrote down for General John Burgoyne, commander of the captured British Convention Army, for a court of inquiry against American Colonel David Henley, commander of the Prospect Hill barracks accused...
GLC04764.56
[Copy of report from court of inquiry ordering a court martial]
January 18, 1778
Keith, J., fl. 1778
Written by Keith as Deputy Adjunct General to General William Heath. Copy of an extract of the report on court of inquiry on allegations of murder and misconduct against British troops by Colonel David Henley, American commander of the Prospect Hill...
GLC04764.57
Written by General Heath as commander of the district where the captured British Convention Army was situated to General Burgoyne as commander of the Convention Army. References Burgoyne's's letter of 17 January 1778. Says all accounts must be...
GLC04764.58
January 24, 1778
Written by General Burgoyne as commander of the captured British Convention Army to General Heath as American commander of the district where the Convention Army is situated. This is a clerical copy created by someone on Heath's staff. Marked at the...
GLC04764.59
January 30, 1778
Written by General Heath as American commander of the district where the captured British Convention Army was situated to General Burgoyne as commander of the Convention Army. References Burgoyne's letter of 24 January 1778. Apologizes for tardy...
GLC04764.60
Extract from General Orders
January 28, 1778
Written by Keith as Deputy Adjunct General. Says there have been complaints of captured British Convention Army officers playing billiards at a house in the center of Cambridge at late hours. Says General William Heath, commander of the district...
GLC04764.61
to William Tudor
February 14, 1778
Written by Burgoyne as commander of the captured British Convention Army to Tudor as the Judge Advocate of the court martial of Colonel David Henley, the former head of the Prospect Hill barracks accused of murder and mistreatment of British troops...
GLC04764.63
[Certification of contract of British Army with Jacob Jordan]
Written in secretarial hand for British Major General William Phillips, commander of the Royal Artillery in Canada. Certifies the terms and conditions of the contract made with Jacob Jordan of Montreal. This document was to back up the certificate...
GLC04764.64
[Receipt for expenses]
13 March 1778
Pollard, Jonathan, fl. 1749-1786
Written by Pollard as aide-de-camp to General William Heath. Receipt for 55 pounds, 3 shillings "on acct of expenses for the Troops of the Convention." Pollard was on the staff of Heath, the American commander of the district where the captured...
GLC04764.65
January 1778
Glover, John, 1732-1797
Written by Brigadier General Glover as President of the court of inquiry that was investigating the allegations against Colonel David Henley, former commander of the Prospect Hill barracks where many of the captured British Convention Army troops...
GLC04764.66
23 March 1778
Brathwait, Richard, fl. 1778
Written by Captain Brathwait of the ship Centurion in Cape Cod Harbor. Tells Burgoyne that he has arrived with orders of General Sir William Howe for the Men of War and transports with provisions on board them to return to Rhode Island. Says he will...
GLC04764.67
March 30, 1778
Henley, David, 1749-1823
Written by Colonel Henley, former commander of Prospect Hill barracks about to be tried for a court martial for allegations of mistreatment of British troops and murder to Lieutenant Colonel Kingston, a staff officer to General John Burgoyne. This...
GLC04764.68
to David Henley
Written by Lieutenant Colonel Kingston as a staff officer to General John Burgoyne to Colonel Henley, former commander of the Prospect Hill barracks, under court martial for allegations of murder and mistreatment of British soldiers. In response to...
GLC04764.69
[Recepit for payment for escaping from the enemy and bringing two deserters]
Wilkins, Samuel, fl. 1778
Recepit that says Wilkins received 4 pounds, 4 shillings from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kingston, a staff officer of General John Burgoyne, for escaping from the enemy and "bringing off two deserters."
GLC04764.70
to [David Henley]
1778
Written by General Phillips as an officer under General John Burgoyne to Colonel Henley, former commander of the Prospect Hill barracks where many of the captured Convention troops were situated. Henley was brought before a court martial due to...
GLC04764.71
Return of the Officers of the 20th Regiment that were killed in Action & Left Widows
4 April 1778
Lind, John, fl. 1776-1778
Written by Lieutenant Colonel Lind. Lists the death of Lieutenant Thomas Lucas, who was killed on 19 September 1777 during the battles around Saratoga. He left behind a widow.
GLC04764.72
Document listing killed in action at Saratoga
Balcarres, Alexander Lindsay, Earl of, 1752-1825
Written by the Earl of Balcarres as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 24th Regiment of Foot. Note says that Brigadier General Simon Fraser was killed 7 October 1777 at Freemans Farm. Docket says "To The Major of Brigade."
GLC04764.73
24 July 1778
Macomb, John, fl. 1778
Written by Macomb, a Royalist in Burgoyne's army during the Saratoga campaign, to Burgoyne in London. Writes that he wants to affirm his character with Burgoyne after General Haldiman believes he deserted the army with 1500 pounds after the defeat at...
GLC04764.75
to Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool
September 1778
Memorial written by Major General Phillips, as commander fo the captured British Convention Army (he took control when John Burgoyne returned to Britain in April 1778) to Jenkinson as Secretary of War in Lord North's ministry in London. States that...
GLC04764.76
to Captain Ross
29 May 1779
Written by Kingston as a staff officer to General John Burgoyne. Kingston wrote this somewhere in Britain, where he returned with Burgoyne in April 1778. Requests action on his "particular exchange" as a prisoner of war. Mentions that he could be...
GLC04764.77
29 June 1776
Hunt, J., fl. 1776
Hunt is writing to an unknown recipient. Sends it to "My Dearest Friend." The index prepared for this collection suggests it could be to General John Burgoyne. It could also have been sent to Robert Kingston. It is impossible to tell. Year inferred...
GLC04764.78
[Fragment of check]
Fragment of a check from what appears to be activity related to the Saratoga Campaign. Mentions "Please to Pay to" and then cuts off. Also mentions "Genl. Burgoyne" as well as somebody or something in Colonel Aldens Regiment. Partial tear down the...
GLC04764.79
Powell, Henry, 1733-1814
Fragment of a letter written by Brigadier General Henry Watson Powell to General Burgoyne. Watson served under Burgoyne as commander of the 2nd Brigade during the Saratoga Campaign. This fragment is simply the closing of the letter. Says: "Carpenters...
GLC04764.80
[Note on a missionary]
December 12, 1777
Index says the note is in General Burgoyne's hand. Initialed "JB" at the top. Says: "To be attended to: Joshua Wingate Weeks of Marblehead Missionary from the Society for propagat[ing] the gospel -" Weeks was a Royalist Anglican minister kicked out...
GLC04764.81
[Accounts during Saratoga Campaign according to David Geddes]
circa 1778
Geddes, David, fl. 1777-1778
Created by Geddes as acting paymaster under British General John Burgoyne. This was written after the British defeat at Saratoga in October 1777. Document is divided into two sides, one side which marks expenditures by officers under Burgoyne and...
GLC04764.82
Burgoyne's Lamentation, At his surrender to the American army, under General Gates.
Nine stanza poem printed in Boston. Each stanza has eight lines and follows an "aabbccdd" pattern of rhyme. This broadside is the seventh edition. Date is estimated as around the end of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777, but it could be later...
GLC04764.83
to His Excelency, Sir Guy Carleton
Spenser, Boyle, fl. 1756-1778
Written by Boyle as a Lieutenant in the 24th Regiment of Foot seeking a promotion to Carleton as commander of British forces in Canada. Boyle's regiment was part of the advanced corps of General John Burgoyne's army during the Saratoga Campaign, but...
GLC04764.84
17 July 1777
Stuart, Archibald, fl. 1759-1777
This document is a memorial written by Lieutenant Archibald Stuart of the 62nd Regiment of Foot asking for official acceptance and a promotion to Carleton as commander of British forces in Canada. Says he was appointed a first lieutenant in 1759 in...
GLC04764.85
[Petition against Articles of Convention]
Carter, Jonathan, fl. 1777
Petition signed by 13 British officers and subalterns in the Royal Regiment of Artillery captured at the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777. Probably sent to General John Burgoyne. Claims the Americans have not followed through on the stipulations of...
GLC04764.86
Petrie, George, fl. 1777
Petition from 17 officers of the 21st Regiment of Foot, known as North British Fusileers, to General John Burgoyne, protesting their conditions under the Articles of Convention, which delineated Burgoyne's terms of surrender after the Battle of...
GLC04764.87
circa 10 November 1777
Petition of the Captains and subalterns of the 9th Regiment of Foot to General John Burgoyne. They are "object[ing] to give their parole," for their treatment under the Articles of Convention, which delineated the terms of Burgoyne's surrender at...
GLC04764.88
Petition of the captains and subalterns of the 62nd Regiment of Foot, protesting the Articles of Convention to General John Burgoyne. Dated from other petitions in this collection which have a date of 10 November 1777. Says they cannot give their...
GLC04764.89
Money paid by Lieutenant Colonel Kingston on Account of General Burgoyne
14 October 1778
Account of General John Burgoyne's spending between September and December 1777. First page seems to be the final draft of the account. Mentions expenditures for cheese, horses, and for transporting the general's baggage. Kingston, one of Burgoyne's...
GLC04764.90
This document references receiving a resolve from Congress of 19 December 1777. Quotes section of the resolve to Burgoyne about the need for the British commissary to either send provisions of equal amount that have been supplied or to liquidate...
GLC04764.91
Return of the Royal Artillery
Written in what appears to be a secretarial hand for Major General Phillips, who was to take over the Convention Army from Burgoyne after he embarked for England the next day, 5 April 1778. Includes a list of the number of men in each rank in the...
GLC04764.92
State of Cash Extraordinary Service
10 April 1778
Account created by David Geddes, acting paymaster for the Convention Army. First part of account shows cash received from various people amounting to slightly over 61,890 pounds. Shows that the money was paid out by Burgoyne to settle accounts before...
GLC04764.93
Articles of Convention between Lt. Gen. Burgoyne & Majr. Gen. Gates
16 October 1777
Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806
Two clerical signatures for Gates, once to affirm the document and again to confirm that Burgoyne's name is understood to be used throughout. Treaty documents the terms of surrender of Burgoyne's army after its defeat at the Battle of Saratoga by...
GLC04782
to Colonel Williams
31 October 1777
Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818
Huntington as a General of Connecticut forces in the Continental Army to a Colonel Williams, whose larger identity could not be ascertained. Says that Williams might have money that was sent to help his father. Sends along information of General...
GLC04791
to William Phillips
3 November 1779
Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808
Written by Jenkinson as Secretary of War in Lord North's ministry in London to Major General Phillips as the ranking officer of the Convention Army, which consisted of prisoners of war from the Saratoga campaign. The army was being barracked in...
GLC04796
to Roger Sherman
24 November 1777
Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794
Discusses the surrender of John Burgoyne, Cornwallis' movements, and the loss of Red Bank, among other activities in the Revolutionary War. Also mentions international relations and naval activities. Supports the Articles of Confederation, comments...
GLC04808
Burgoyne's Lamentations. [Sarcastic pro-American poem re: defeat at Saratoga]
1777/10
Broadside poem printed in two columes of type; poem beginning "Good heav'ns! The poem praises Gates, Stark, Arnold and Lincoln. It is written as if Burgoyne were narrating events surrounding his defeat at Saratoga. Compare to similar copy in...
GLC06206
to Richard Varick
25 September 1777
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
Writes that he is pleased that General Benedict Arnold will remain and believes Arnold was ill treated by Continental General Horatio Gates at first Battle of Saratoga, 19 September 1777. Gates and Arnold clashed over strategy and Gates removed...
GLC06332
Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenements...
1784 ca.
Godefroy, François, 1743-1819
"...de la guerre qui a procure l'independance aux Etats Unis de l'Amerique." 16 engraved copper plates of revolutionary designs by Godefroy, Fauvel, Wiliam, Laussan, and le Paon. Prints include Lexington, Saratoga, and Yorktown. Other designs...
GLC06551
[Receipt to Jonathan Trumbull]
25 November 1777
Ko´sciuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817
Colonel Kosciuszko, the famous Polish patriot, says he received two hundred dollars to Colonel Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., paymaster of the New York Department, for work in the engineering department. The payment was agreeable to Major General Horatio...
GLC02499.10
to William North
18 September 1788
Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, 1730-1794
Whimsical letter written by Von Steuben in retirement and in debt in New York to his former aide North, who was also in retirement at Duanesburg, New York. Refers to North as "my dear Bill." Looks back on the last year. Mentions that "you did cut...
GLC02542.12
to James Dundas
9 October 1780
Dundas, David, Sir, Bart, 1749-1826
Extends wishes for their mother's recovery, comments on his wife's improving health from sea bathing, and provides other family news. Reports hearing that Lord North received a message about Lord Cornwallis being attacked by General Horatio Gates....
GLC02549.14
to Thomas Mumford
Mumford, Giles, 1759-1795
Written by Giles Mumford an American soldier in New York to his father, the Groton, Connecticut merchant Thomas Mumford. Says he has not received a line from his father since October 9, 1777. He is pleased that his mother and all his friends are...
GLC00496.075.05
to Charles Bulfinch
28 November 1826
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843
Listing titles for Trumbull's four existing Revolutionary War paintings in the rotunda of the Capitol and four he proposed to create for the rotunda's empty recesses. The extant paintings depicted Independence Day, Saratoga, York Town, and Annapolis...
GLC02510
[American Revolution orderly book of the 2nd New York with garrison orders for Fort Schuyler]
1 July 1779 - 24 May 1780
Van Dyke, Cornelius, fl. 1775-1783
Orderly book with orders issued by Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius Van Dyke and Major John Graham, some signed and in their hand. Notable orders relate to a Fourth of July celebration and General Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga. Many others concern...
GLC03158
Written by General Burgoyne while an American prisoner after his defeat at the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777 to Major General William Heath as commander of the Convention Army (prisoners of war from the battle of Saratoga) around Boston...
GLC03231
to James Warren
13 November 1777
Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814
Written by Gerry as delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress to Warren as a member of the Continental Navy Board. References Warren's letter of 23 October 1777, in which he found news of General John Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga...
GLC03239
8 April 1779
Written by Heath as Major General in Continental Army from his hometown of Roxbury to an unknown council. Heath was in charge of the Convention Army, which consisted of the British prisoners of war from the Saratoga campaign. After surrendering in...
GLC03376
The Capture of Burgoyne
Satirical "Proposals for an exchange of General Burgoyne - Ascribed to his excellency William Livingston esq. governor of the state of New Jersey." In unknown hand, possibly written by a group.
GLC08320
Edinburgh evening courant. [December 22, 1777]
22 December 1777
Fleming, Robert, ?-1779
Contains a speech by William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham, an influential British statesman. Includes Boston resolves pertaining to the quartering of Burgoyne and the Convention Army. In his speech to the House of Lords, Pitt declares: "My Lords, I...
GLC08825
to Anthony Wayne re: Burgoyne's captured troops, troop movements
1778/11/25
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Washington orders Wayne to detach troops from his command to prevent Convention troops from passing to New York City, and asks him to keep his troops from harming property of inhabitants ("burning Fences and from committing any kind of waste upon the...
GLC05577
to Landon Carter
27 October 1777
Signed twice by Washington. Discusses his campaign, the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Red Bank and Saratoga, and the danger of being captured. "at the same time that I assure you, that, It is not my wish to avoid any danger which duty requires...
GLC07115.01
October 23, 1777
Parsons, Samuel H., 1737-1789
Written by General Parsons to Mumford as a merchant in Groton, Connecticut. Says he has doubtlessly heard of the Convention between General Gates and General Burgoyne. The Convention delineated the terms of surrender for General Burgoyne. Mentions...
GLC00496.075.04
Written by Burgoyne, captured British General in charge of the Convention Army to Heath, American General in charge of the district where Convention Army is located. Says Heath made no objection to sending a person to Rhode Island to get money for...
GLC04764.45
to [George Washington?]
February 1778
Written by Colonel Henley as the former commandant of the Prospect Hill barracks near Cambridge, Massachusetts, which housed the captured British Convention Army. Recipient is inferred from the title "your Excellency" used toward the end of the...
GLC04764.62
to Major Clarke
Harrison, Robert H., 1745-1790
Written by Harrison as secretary to George Washington to Clarke, whose larger identity is unknown. Says the five extra dollars will be charged. Claims there are no hand bills or he would have sent him one. Reports that the articles of capitulation...
GLC04786
Revolutionary War Officer's Journal
1776-1780
Lincoln, Rufus, 1751-1838
Early battles, including the battles of Brooklyn, Long Island, White Plains, The Crossing of the Delaware, Brandywine, Gerrmantown, Fort Ticonderoga, Saratoga, etc. Entries from 6/28//1776 to 10/17/1777 (45 pages) with several charts at the end (33...
GLC08007
to Benjamin Lincoln
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Later copy. Previous catalog record noted that this is a copy. Knox had planned to travel to New England by way of Albany, New York, so he could see Lincoln and Benedict Arnold, but his late departure will prevent him from taking that route....
GLC02437.00691
to Lucy Knox
17 December 1777
Franks, David Salisbury, fl. 1740-1793
Franks, aide-de-camp for General Benedict Arnold, replies on behalf of Arnold to a letter from Lucy Knox. Notes that Arnold's indisposition prevented him from answering Lucy Knox's "Billet," and comments on Arnold's recovery (Arnold suffered from a...
GLC02437.00673
to Henry Knox
27 November 1777
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Colonel Jackson writes, "Are you dead or alive- one post after another, and not a line from you-its a Mo since I saw your hand writi'g." Describes his attempts to enlist soldiers. Asks if George Washington would approve if he enlists British...
GLC02437.00668
[Account of the campaign of September and October 1777]
16 September 1777 - 16 October 1777
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Later copy. Possibly created by William Knox, General Henry Knox's brother. Contains a report of the 20 September Battle of Paoli. Mentions Generals Knox, Green (possibly Nathanael Greene), and Alexander McDougall. In an entry for 28 September...
GLC02437.00654
to William Knox
Scollay, William, 1756-?
Possibly written to William Knox, Henry Knox's brother. Colonel Scollay expresses joy "that the circumstance of settleing [sic] a little delicate matter, whether we should continue the Friendship that has so long & uninterreptedly subsisted between...
GLC02437.00690
18 September 1777
Jackson declares, "...I am sure if we exert ourselves to the Southward & Northward as we ought to do that this Campaign will nearly bring the War to a Close, and establish our Independence." Reports he has heard news that Generals Horatio Gates...
GLC02437.00650
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