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- GLC#
- GLC04787
- 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: 18.7 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Written by Heath as commander of the Convention Army, which consisted of British prisoners of war from Saratoga campaign to General Burgoyne as prisoner of war. Says that he received word from Congress on 1 December 1777 that Burgoyne's troops are not to leave through any port except Boston, the one stipulated in the Convention treaty. Wants Burgoyne to have the earliest notice of this news.
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