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- GLC#
- GLC04764.43-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 16 December 1777
- Author/Creator
- Heath, William, 1737-1814
- Title
- to John Burgoyne
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 24.1 cm, Width: 18.4 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
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. Passes along information that the Continental Congress has passed a resolution saying the Convention Army can only leave from the port stipulated in the Articles of Convention, which was Boston.
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