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3. Should amy cartel take place, by which
the army under Lieutenant-General Bur
goyne, or any part of it may be exchanged,
the foregoing article to be void, as far as
such exchange shall be made.
4. The army under Lieutenant-General
Burgoyne to march to the Massachusetts Bay
By the easiest, most expeditious and conven
ient rout, and tobe quartered in, near or as
convenient as possible to Boston, that the
march @ the troops may not be delayed
when transports arrive to receive them.
5. The troops to be supplied on the march
and daring their being in quarters, with
provfions, by General Gates's orders at the
fame rate of rations, as the troops of his own
army ; and if possible, the officers horses and
Cattle are to be supplied with forage at the
usual rates.
6. AU officers to retain the carriages, bat
horses and other cattle, and no baggage to be
molested or searched; Lieutenant-General
Burgoyne giving his honor there are no pub
lic stores secreted therein, Major General
Gates will of course take the necessary mea
sures for the due performance of thisfarticle ;
fh)uld any carriages be wanting during the
march for the transportation of officers bag.
gage, they are if pcffible to be supplied by
the country at the usual rates.
3 1 K,
I HAVE the pleasure to fend your hono
rable Council, the inclofed copy of a
Convention, by with Lieutenant-General
Burgoyne, surrendered himfelf and his whole
army, on the 17th instant, into my hands;
they are now upon their march towards Bos
on ; General Glover and General Whipple,
with a proper guard of militia, escort them ;
and to provide all such necessary articles as
zn,y be warned upon the march, I am so
ektreamly busy, in pushing the army forward,
to stop the cruel career of General Vaughan,
at Hudson's river, that I have only time to
acquaint, that my friend General Lincoln's
leg, is in a fair way of doing well, and to tef
lify with what refold, I am your much ob
liged, and most obedient, humble feavant,
HORATIO GATES.
Tothe Honorable, the President of the
Council, of the State of Massachusetts-
Bay.
ARTICLES of CONVENTION between
Lieutenant-General BURGOYNE and
Major-General GATES;
14 nrIHE troops under Lieutenant-Gene-
X ral Burgoyne are to march cut of
their camp with the honors of war, and the
artillery of the intrenchments to the verge of
the river where the old fort stood ; where the
arms and artillery are to be left, the arms to
be piled by words of command from their
own officers.
2. A free passage to be granted to'the
army under Lieutenant-General Burgoyne to
Great- Britain, upon condition of not serving
again in North-America during the prefect
contest; and the port of Boston is assigned
for the entry of transports, to receive the
troops whenever General Howe Ihall so or
der.
^J, f^, lade iib about loco B^h ts
•bat, about loot balk % @f Ram, 13 or 20
Bata of Cloths, feme Porter, &c. for the vfe of
the Er%, a^d taken by the Lion, Capt. Har
dy, a privateer owned in this State, of inferior
Foree, after an engagement of about 30 Houri.
J%e have intelligence, Ebat a Schooner, mount
ing 12 Carriage Guns, with 40 Men, lately
failed from Halifax, to cruize on this Coast.
She is about 70 Tons Burthen, Marblehead
built, white Bottom, with a Lug Foresail, and
twoftanding lopfails. Ten of her Creto belong
ed to Commodore Manley, and about as many more
dre young Lads.
By Express arrived last evening frorh the
honorable Major-General GATES, to the
honorable COUNCIL of this State, we
art favoured with the following great and
glorious intelligence, viz.
Albany, 191 b Ofleber, 1777.
orb.
HERTFORD, 0a& 28.
La, Sal, arrive in fo o 128 ,rf,xm, among wbon
were federal Hs^ stf* ;the, were taken at tbs North,
ward before the capitulation.
La, Simla, evening a la g# Bara belonging to Col. W,ilp
of trie t&w%, c^xtar«% x,wardt if right, tarn of bay, axd 0
quaatit, of grain, bj fret raant took,re and was burnt to
tbs grorad:
Died la, Tburfdaj, after a long and di,re,ng faknefs,
Mi, LYDIA BIGELOW, in the 23d,ear if her age.
She uat as amiable, difaeet and virtn^s ,**&g wera^n,
dtfrable in life, and mneb i^n^id i, death.
Wbe 11/4 infant departed this life, in travel Webber
fir, child, ABIGAIL the wife rfjAMES LUbK, and
daughter of the R v. f,u* Belding es Ne<wi%g^, in the
2„b,earf her age -.ent ts in the , im? and,ewer of life,
to the great grief of her feu^^ var relatiQ, who, with
vws, ,■,atbifag friends, Iraent her untied, exit
Tatre is ^3 @& firn hath ^w^sr over the fpfrit ^ re
tain the spirit ; ^hh^r hffi he [fower ia & day of
detth; there §, me difehargs in that war. My the
living la, it to b^rt.
The 9 b infant departed tbit life a! New Hartford, Mr.
WILLIAM GAYLORD, of that place,in the ^^bjear
of bit age.
To C AT O.
ISincerel, congratulate yen on Far arrival on this [Rich
tbit degenerate age ; efyfoll, that yen have tektn
,nr so in hand in order to held n, tepnblic viv& i/OTrim
forte if wicked epprffire, wh, „aaicet, if not fafa^bl,
,e,„d, will fax beceme intolerable ; for fee l a g th, have
neither virtue nor confine. And at, Sir,, ,0* bane give*
intiaCT^jon will net dr;,,u, ,% / ca ^ fe r >p fog U Q
with facerit, if heart I wifepen ^a, c^g^r ewe with
,cur pen than dkzander the Great did with bie Averd. I
era acprefer neither farmer, merch mt, or me&nic, Lwf>r
reeforin dependent on, then all I have a faall sum in tit
^eftffai & era t,ld it it to be ^^; iff, ^i^ what
12. Should the army under Lieutenant-
General Burgoyne find itneceffary to fend for
their cloathing and other baggage to Canada,
they are permitted to-do it in the most con
venient manner, and the necessary passports
granted for that purpofe.<
13. These articles are to be mutually sign
ed and exchanged to-morrow morning at nine
o'clock, and the troops under Lieutenant-
General Burgoyne are to march out of their
encampment at three in the afternoon.
JOHN BURGOYNE.
Camp at Saratoga, October 16, 1777^
10. Passports to be immediately granted
to three officers not exceeding the rank of
Captains, who will be appointed by Lieuten
ant-General Burgoyne, to carry dispatches to
Sir William Howe, Sir Guy Carlton, and to
Great-Britain, by the way of New-York ;
and Major General Gates engages the pub
lickfaith that their Dispatches shall not be
opened ; the officers are to set out immediate
ly after receiving tfieir dispatches, and are to
travil by the shortest routs, and in the most
expeditious manner.
11. During the stay of the troops at
Massachusetts Bay, the officers are to be ad
mitted on parole, and are to be admitted to
wear their fide arms.
7. Upen the ^uch and during the bis^
the zrmy ihali lemain in Quarters in the M^f
fachufetts-Bay, the officers are not, as far as
circumstances will admit, 10 be feperated
from their men § the officers are to be quar
tered according to rank, and are not to be
hindered from affembhog their men for roll
calling and other purposes of regularity.
8. Ail corps whatever of General Bur
goyne's army, whether composed of failois,
batteaumen, artificers, drivers, independent
companies and followers of the army of
whatever country, shall be included in the
fufeft sense and utmost extent of the above
articles, and comprehended in every refpeft
as British fubjeds.
9, All Canadians and perlons belonging to
the Canadian establishment, confiftiog of
sailors, batteaumen, artificers, drivers, in
dependent companies, and manyother follow
ers of the army who come under no particu
lar difeription, are to be permitted to return
there ; they are to be conduced immediately
by the ihorteft rout to the firft British post
on Lake George, and are to be supplied with
provisions in the fame manner as the other
troops, and are to be bound by the fame
conditions of not serving during the present
contest in North-America.
QN this orca,tn, Ibg leave to ifo^ & ^Eic iW
ever foe, l hawt przAietd pb,fc, &c. @. ff„ ,
bave CM,*^ kept an ex&Q regifor ej „ t<,r,.i@ ; ,
tto, were it set far the If of fag f%, fait i 9 „b%
f'gbtft™ Long I,end, flight tbiewtat fader edtb de
ewe, tc a fi^ftl* sJ^> what megirivM Igaie to ap -
tiefct mere than twenty one,cars age. WQ I differ the
patient; in fflion, so ,„%, cure so, caforiatm th±
five;, are welcome tofa i& blech ^ white i^ w nci^-
b^ , far their coaviaien ;^d, doing, &j, so, &re ^.
food to cetttadia their own affirtidw; L/, fy ,fyj gn 3
so, rff in propagating their iniqfan, fodm, the
ha, Ifhall de will he to ,&fe their ^ m „ t sthe world,
BENJAMIN YOUNG PRIME.
STATEefCONh£CTICUT.
.Hartford Const,,,. F ^%?<*, O&fo 20, 1777.
PERSONALLY appeared Boffo Y. Primt, PrificL
hie near hind feet white, 2 feed farfa kb fer&ed,
ad brand, nd ^^ on. Wimmer will take #, Bid
Lwfi end feed bra to the fubfqiter er feud fed where
he ^ay hrve him, ffiril ba kandfowfy rewarded fir
their r@#bls, by Amcs Johnson.
Middlrr% ^ ^ oa^be*. 1777.
nRO&k ht^ see inciola.* of b„ lm<u.."
infer, of thh tewe, 3 dark brown HOR£E, ab^t
8 years eld, 14. htashigh, trots er, has a brad an
hi# thigh with the letter T. Wh^v^ b rih a,,ear,
pr„e their prepay and pay charge# ^ me the fi&
scriber ffiail have him#
Samvel r^GEiow.
'^%^&*3, Av^4 20 17^'7.
OST ^u. $M t. &IA%« a@<& tfe* 0 t ia#eut,T@
JLd twaca the Fih Kill# and New J^Lfard, erg
light ferral lean HORFE, three yw# eld, with a
fiddle ^4 bridle sa, rats and p^css, carries heed pad
tail well, fla^ before, about 14 to& high, with a
bhz iu hi# fee, his left hind L^, ^hiw, tight meßu
ard wl, branded with the letter X ^n the hit ffifef
with f^lt ears, the m*rk ofc ceLer on his breft, hid
fadrfl® ria hearing fid*b ^ithaathrufrg. Whoever
will fecare ftid harfe &c, and fend re^i ^ that 1 mv
have hint or te David Pardee at the F^ K'll, in Cipt.
Ambraft S^psrs cenipeßyofmilitia, ihall te h&^dfmfc
ly rewarded, and all necr ffary ch/rgh# paid, by me
Jaihua Porter, es S^tkingm, in F&mh^kn, or
Davi. 'Pardse, at the FA Kill.
q;^k„ w ,^ 17,T.
n^Ah I ED immediately by tie fobkr&r
(as an apprentce to the Paper-making
bufipefs)anaaive BOY, about 1401 15 years
of Age. Elisha Babcock.
Hartford, October 20, 1777.
T^KEN up 1, ute^ l^wm, ^ h^k *1 u£u
bar, a forei horse <.OLT, 203 ears old, with
cat any brand. The ow^r is&nr,d g@ ^ &r£^
and take him away.
W < ^rf^hi oa&r || 1777.
0 riQrd,^^. OAUn4 w&l be 1% CT, xLr ' "**
sadwade Jehrnn oath, that be never & a pb,faiL, gave
to Samuel Pitkin, d^eadd, ner to J.b, Drafg, £ fa^
grain of Mm„, ner a,agio a^^ tf^ ,„, vm B^rk*id
Mr, Isaac Glaefn. Sworn before me,
DESERTED the 171 a •! OAeber
comp^r, i, LQ. Cel. WrHyft %; m# tf
militia/ di Cemfett Smith, of Suffix, about fix so
aad ewe iach high a large bir melt „ Q& ri^ht fide
es hi# chia, fw@rfy co^plorin A+fc; exe Lather
Lee^i#, abeet five fat and ten iach% high, life era.
phr'ea, thick set well built fellow, war* a blown coat
aed blue velvet bretche# ; took y& them 8 number
es cartridge# belonging iv the c^iaunul stem.
Whoever return# either er besk of tUrir to their re
giment will de a greet piece effervice io the pnbiify
and exhibit an iefbace es friendship ^ tkair count,w
and have all necessary char,e# paid, be
IQ^AH KING, apt.
rrHEiE &. w .tie ,#^i c , thet
Haleru, of Weft.eh&Hu puiffi in Celshmr so
left my house this morning i a m y atfac ; he had
been trader feadr, De&er'# care, to kofc kp ^ him
difoidared in hi# ftefes, at^^ded rath , mdaachely ;
he went away in fach a manner abott 2 twelve merh
past. Wherever he b, his parent wraW be glad 19
he informed, that ther may ufa proper care efhim.
JOHN HOLMES, Father to find Aaren.
oa#b 1" 16 1777,
oIKaIED few th^ i«vkf»brr hv% in N^^hfad,
• fireet in Middletown, a black herfe, fear v ear#
4wj):fw&, fifforw^i ^fift twelve ^rs, &
ifo^&fibril refa mete hgar, I am<'@
A FREEMAN
B&rmmgim. ,Oe^r 20 i„y.
„*RER^S ever free ff, rrff% c e ih & ,1&% % x ±
her ftbte^'^t f ^ie and the wri^bf^i^f
towns bdt,jeewff, ^^^j, racer', enditovmd to i^ s
jure „ rfrtari^ 1, ft^^, ffyso Qiri.ni „.
peite to TC)prjwict, ri. MW if ^Lh i. crowd ^1 cut f
praftia, aidtaw:daf,, cleck , , # r^tf in ^e large f n M
of ofinj/h its wed Lw*; I 6©d a&mo, imratdi&tfy after
*) arrival. And wtotae, in cons ft c? flaid grfa^
wicked mifaprfotati^ I aw^;ffr r in the qife
of fe & n, of the g @ od„fo ofibu for,., rad e ffo r „ , CT
timtel, relative te re, &dmini,ri»g Mm;wy fg &„ §&
rnnel Pitkin, draafed and febn Draing, aa/th
Bark,, without bis knowledge end agern, hi; will, M,^
Isac Clcefa, to th; damage of tb«, patients ref„&i%fy, aj
is wrifo the lea, refo pretended; Ifidit neerfo,^
cim^t these ill v^t^red cahtfauiu, ty the f&lraingefrfvit
9%AFFIDAPIF.