The Surrender of Burgoyne: Samuel Cody
This is an Abstract of the full letter by Samuel Cody, reprinted in the Christian Watchman, 1853. Believed to have been first printed in the Utica Observer.
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Date: April 14, 1853
Publisher: Publication title: Christian Watchman and Reflector (1851-1861); Boston Volume: 34 Issue: 15 Pages: 60 Number of pages: 1 Publication year: 1853 Publication date: Apr 14, 1853 Publisher: American Periodicals Series II Place of publication: Boston Country of publication: United States, Boston Publication subject: Press, Baptist, Baptists Source type: Magazine Language of publication: English; EN Document type: article ProQuest document ID: 127541100 Document URL: http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/magazines/surrender/docview/127541100/se-2?accountid=11311 Copyright: Copyright American Periodicals Series II Apr 14, 1853 Last updated: 2010-05-27 Database: American Periodicals; C19: The Nineteenth Century Index; Periodicals Index Online Index: American Periodicals Series Bibliography Citation style: APA 6th - American Psychological Association, 6th Edition
Citation: THE SURRENDER OF. (1853, Apr 14). Christian Watchman and Reflector (1851-1861), 34, 60. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/magazines/surrender/docview/127541100/se-2?accountid=11311
Holding Institution/Physical Location: Widener Library, Harvard University
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WE recently had the pleasure of perusing a letter written by the venerable Samuel Cody. of Vernon Centre, in this county. now in his 93rd year, in which he describes many of the incidents connected with the surrender of Burgoyne, on the 17th of October, 1777, of which he was an eye witness. The writing is even and regular-"plain as print"-and the lines so compact that sixty-two are written upon a page of common Letter paper. Congress had ordered the deficiencies in the Continental regiments to be made up by drafts, "but" says the venerable patriot:
"My father said he would take the place of one and I should that of another....
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