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- GLC#
- GLC05504
- Type
- Broadsides, posters & signs
- Date
- 1781/10/26
- Author/Creator
- Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
- Title
- Important Intelligence! [announcing the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown]
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
"A gentleman who arrived this morning, from Providence, has favoured us with the following Importance Intelligence! [....] This Moment an Express arrived... announcing the glorious Intelligence of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and his Army..." Small broadside printed by M. Willis, Boston.
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