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The Capture of Burgoyne

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08320 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript signed Date: 1777 Pagination: Order a Copy

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.

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