Camp near York, [30] October 1781.1
Dear Sir:
Inclosed I have the honor of transmitting to your Excellency the terms upon which Lord Cornwallis has surrendered the Garrisons of York and Gloucester.
We have not been able yet, to get an Acct. of Prisoners, Ordnance or Stores in the different departments; but from the best general report there will be (officers included) upwards of seven thousand Men besides Seamen; More than 70 pieces of Brass Ordnance, and a hundred of Iron, with their Stores, as also other valuable articles.
My present engagements will not allow me to add more than my congratulations on this happy event, and to express the high sense I have of the powerful Aid which I have derived from the State of Maryland, in complying with my every request to the Executive of it. The Prisoners will be divided between Winchester in Virginia, and Fort Frederick in Maryland.
With every sentimt. of the most perfect esteem etc.2
1 The day of the month was inadvertently omitted.
2 From the original in the State House, Annapolis, Md.