1From George Washington to Charles Cornwallis, 17 October 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have had the Honor of receiving Your Lordships Letter of this Date. An ardent Desire to spare the further Effusion of Blood, will readily incline me to listen to such Terms for the Surrender of your Post & Garrisons at York & Gloucester, as are admissible. I wish, previous to the Meeting of Commissioners, that Your Lordships Proposals in Writing, may be sent to the American Lines: for which...
2From George Washington to Charles Cornwallis, 18 October 1781 (Washington Papers)
To avoid unnecessary discussions and delays, I shall, at once, in answer to your Lordships letters of yesterday, declare the general Basis upon which a definitive Treaty and Capitulation may take place. The Garrisons of York & Gloucester, including the Seaman, as you propose, will be received prisoners of War. The condition annexed, of sending the British and German Troops, to the parts of...
3From George Washington to Charles Cornwallis, 22 October 1781 (Washington Papers)
The Pay Master General of my Army not being at present with me—I have to desire that your Lordship will cause the Military Chest of your Army to be delivered into the Care of my Q. Master General, who has my Orders to take charge of it. I am My Lord Your &c. DLC : Papers of George Washington.
4From George Washington to Charles Cornwallis, 27 October 1781 (Washington Papers)
In answer to your Lordship’s letter of this date, I can only express my surprize that any of your Officers object to a clause which is essential to every parole—and repeat, that however inclined I am to comply with your Lordships wishes, I find myself in the impossibility of doing so on the present occasion. I request therefore that your Lordship will be pleased to communicate my final...