1781 - 1927
Creator Entity: Washington, George, 1732-1799
Contemporary copy of letter from Washington describing surrender at Yorktown of Cornwallis's army to the American army and the British ships to Count de Grasse, with estimate of prisoners and weapons captured and summary of terms given (1781); letter ...
1792
Creator Entity: Washington, George, 1732-1799
Photocopy of Whitaker's appointment as inspector of revenue for Survey No. 4 in the district of North Carolina, signed by George Washington.
1866
Creator Entity: Register of Deeds
1866
Creator Entity: Register of Deeds
Cohabited for 22 years
Creator Entity: Office of State Comptroller
Volume and Page References:
Volume:X; Page:110; Folio:1
1754
Creator Entity: Great Britain. Colonial Office
Shares military intelligence of the French preparations for war on the Ohio River. Major George Washington gathered this information while serving as Dinwiddie's envoy to the French on the Ohio River. Also, he acknowledges Glen's rapport with the ...
Parent Records:
British Records
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Colonial Office. America and West Indies, Original Correspondence, Board of Trade and Secretary of State. (CO 5/1-187, selections)
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Secretary of State, Despatches. (CO 5/14)
1779
Creator Entity: Great Britain. Colonial Office
General topics concerning the 1779 campaign: importance of forcing General Washington into the New York or Jersey backcountry early in the campaign; two large corps of troops (one for New England, one for Virginia/Maryland) and a naval force intended to ... Parent Records:
British Records
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Colonial Office. America and West Indies: Entry Books of Letters, Instructions, Commissions, Warrants, Etc., Board of Trade and Secretary of State. (CO 5/188-272, selections)
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Secret Despatches. (CO 5/263)
Creator Entity: Great Britain. Admiralty
[General Charles Cornwallis forty miles above Yorktown. General George Washington has moved south. French occupied West Point. General Nathanael Greene had moved south against Lord Rawdon and had pushed him back. Enclosed in ...
Parent Records:
British Records
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Admiralty. Secretary's Department. In Letters. (ADM 1, selections)
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Admirals' Letters, Leeward Islands. (ADM 1/313)
1782
Creator Entity: Great Britain. Admiralty
[HMS ASSURANCE and HMS ADAMANT to escort convoy to Savannah [Georgia]. HMS ORPHEUS, HMS ROTTERDAM, and HMS MAGICIENNE to leave for Jamaica. Difficulty with "Mr. Washington" regarding prisoner exchanges.]
1781
Creator Entity: Great Britain. Admiralty
Encloses extracts from intercepted letters of General [George] Washington.
1781
Creator Entity: Great Britain. Admiralty
[The "F_____" after consultation with "G_____ W_____" at Hartford, Connecticut decide to abandon Newport and Block Island, Rhode Island and move to either Delaware or Virginia. British Navy urged to blockade French fleet there. Movements of French ships ... Parent Records:
British Records
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Admiralty. Secretary's Department. In Letters. (ADM 1, selections)
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Admirals' Letters, Leeward Islands. (ADM 1/313)
1781
Creator Entity: Great Britain. Admiralty
[French Navy is maneuvering in Chesapeake Bay. General George Washington is near Williamsburg, and the French Navy has been reinforced by Admiral Barras' squadron from Rhode Island. Transports from Baltimore expected. Yorktown will be attacked "by land ...
Parent Records:
British Records
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Admiralty. Secretary's Department. In Letters. (ADM 1, selections)
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Admirals' Letters, North America. (ADM 1/489)
1781
Creator Entity: Great Britain. Admiralty
Details of the capitulation [of General Lord Charles Cornwallis to Generals George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau.]
1781
Creator Entity: Great Britain. Admiralty
The surrender [of Lieutenant General Lord Charles Cornwallis' army to the Franco-American force of Generals George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau.]
Creator Entity: Great Britain. Admiralty
[HMS BONETTA sloop to sail for New York with Cornwallis' aide-de-camp and other soldiers approved by Cornwallis. No "publick property" to be taken on board.]