The Colonial Gazette. Oct. 1781. Supplement Num. 39. Letter from Gen. Washington to the Governor of Maryland, announcing the surrender of Cornwallis – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The Colonial Gazette. Oct. 1781. Supplement Num. 39. Letter from Gen. Washington to the Governor of Maryland, announcing the surrender of Cornwallis, a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Colonial Gazette. Oct. 1781. Supplement Num. 39. Letter from Gen. Washington to the Governor of Maryland, announcing the surrender of Cornwallis
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Rather than a battle scene, this woodcut is a page of news: a supplement to *The Colonial Gazette* that prints General Washington's letter to the governor of Maryland announcing the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. Cornwallis gave up his army at Yorktown, Virginia, in October 1781 after a siege by Franco-American forces supported by a French fleet, a defeat that effectively decided the final campaign of the war. Issued as a supplement, the sheet was meant to carry word of the victory to readers quickly.
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1781 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 986 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-121271 |
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