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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Extract of a letter from Philadelphia dated October 22, 1781, congratulates on the capture of British General Cornwallis and his army on October 17, 1781, confirmed by Count de Grasse's letter to Maryland's Governor; de Grasse has embarked troops to meet Admiral Digby.
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Extract of a letter from Col. Miles, Quarter-Master for Pennsylvania, to Col. Hughes.
"Philadelphia, October 22, 1781.
Before I lay any thing on business, I must indulge myself in congratulating you on the capture of Cornwallis and all his army, on the 17th instant. The particulars are not yet arrived; but the President of Congress has just received a copy of Count de Grasse's letter to the Governor of Maryland, forwarded by water to Annapolis. The Count has taken all his troops on board, and gone to meet Admiral Digby. Though the particulars are not come to hand, the fact is not to be doubted."
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Philadelphia
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October 17, 1781
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capture of cornwallis and all his army
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Letter congratulates on the capture of Cornwallis and his army on the 17th instant; particulars not arrived but confirmed by Count de Grasse's letter to the Governor of Maryland, received by President of Congress; de Grasse has taken troops on board to meet Admiral Digby.