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Cornwallis is taken

Date
  • 1900/1940
Description
  • Lieutenant Tilgham, one of Washington's aids-de-camp, rode express to Philadelphia to carry the dispatches of the chief announcing the joyful tidings to Congress of Cornwallis's surrender. It was midnight when he entered the city. Thomas M'Kean was then president of the Continential Congress and resided in High Street near Second. Tilgham knocked at his door so vehemently, that a watchman was disposed to arrest him as a disturber of the peace. M'Kean arose, and presently the glad tidings were made known. The watchmen throughout the city proclaimed the hour, adding "and Cornwallis is taken!" That annunciation, ringing out upon the frosty night air, aroused thousands from their beds. Lights were seen moving in almost every house, and soon the streets were thronged with men and women all eager to hear the details.
Subject
Work Type
Identifier
  • P217:09:26
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Set 15 - Revolutionary War
Institution
Submission Date
  • 09/08/2016
Modified
  • 05/27/2023
Collections

APA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. (19 Apr 2024). Cornwallis is taken Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715c13c

MLA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "Cornwallis is taken" Oregon Digital. 19 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715c13c

Chicago

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "Cornwallis is taken" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715c13c

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140139
2 lantern slides http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300134977
3 Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_217
4 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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