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Lippincott & Huddy
The Story of Lippincott & Huddy:
An Indistinguishable Symbol of the American Revolution
A Paper by Dennis M. Brodbeck
Luther College
May 20, 2003
In October of 1781, General Cornwallis, commander of the British forces involved in the southern theater of the American Revolution, offered the terms of his surrender to General Washington following his capture at Yorktown. Included in Article Ten of Cornwallis’ terms, was a clause requesting that all loyalists and civilians be pardoned from military punishments handed down to them for being in the presence of the British Army. This concerned the number of over 500 men, women, and children who fled to the aid of British lines during the final Yorktown campaign. Nonetheless, Washington rejects this article of Cornwallis’ surrender stating that it was a matter of civil jurisdiction and not of military command.
At this same time in Great Britain, Parliament was at the i...
The Story of Lippincott & Huddy:
An Indistinguishable Symbol of the American Revolution
A Paper by Dennis M. Brodbeck
Luther College
May 20, 2003
In October of 1781, General Cornwallis, commander of the British forces involved in the southern theater of the American Revolution, offered the terms of his surrender to General Washington following his capture at Yorktown. Included in Article Ten of Cornwallis’ terms, was a clause requesting that all loyalists and civilians be pardoned from military punishments handed down to them for being in the presence of the British Army. This concerned the number of over 500 men, women, and children who fled to the aid of British lines during the final Yorktown campaign. Nonetheless, Washington rejects this article of Cornwallis’ surrender stating that it was a matter of civil jurisdiction and not of military command.
At this same time in Great Britain, Parliament was at the i...
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