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Articles of convention between Lt. Gen. Burgoyne & Maj. Gen. Gates : manuscript, Camp at Saratoga, 1777 Oct. 16.

BIB_ID
105929
Accession number
MA 944.2
Display Date
1777 Oct. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.), bound ; 33.2 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
The following items are bound together and described in 4 separate records: document signed by Burgoyne, 1777 Sept. 30 (MA 944.1); articles of convention, 1777 Oct. 16 (MA 944.2); autograph letter signed from Burgoyne to Grenville, 1782 Nov. 19 (MA 944.3); and order signed by Horatio Gates, 1778 Nov. 27.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from G.D. Smith, 1909.
Summary
The agreement by which Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates at Saratoga. The terms gave Burgoyne's men "free passage ... to Great Britain, upon condition of not serving again in war during the present contest."