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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03676.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1781 |
| Title | Ralph Dundas to James Dundas informing him that he was made "a Prisoner to France" and is in New York on parole |
| Date | 6 November 1781 |
| Author | Dundas, Ralph (b. 1732) |
| Recipient | Dundas, James |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Dundas, the British captain of the H. M. S. Bonetta, informs his brother James that he was made "a Prisoner to France" and is in New York on parole. Discusses the British capitulation at the Battle of Yorktown: "we lost our Ground Inch by Inch and did not Surrender untill our Ammunition was exausted and but five Days Provisions." Notes that the "Bonetta was to be at the Disposal of Lo Cornwallis to carry his Dispatches." Mentions dead and wounded. The articles of capitulation at Yorktown specified that the Bonetta would be permitted to return to New York with to correspondence for Sir Henry Clinton. |
| Subjects | Battle (Siege, Surrender) of Yorktown Revolutionary War Global History and Civics Maritime Military History Navy Surrender France Battle Battle (Siege, Surrender) of Yorktown Military Provisions Ammunition Death Injury or Wound Revolutionary War General |
| People | Dundas, Ralph (b. 1732) Dundas, James (1752-1831) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime; The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from David Dundas to James Dundas discussing their brother Ralph's prospects of fighting at Yorktown Letter from David Dundas to James Dundas on a visit from one of their brothers and the capture of another by the French Ralph Dundas to James Dundas relating naval news and discussing details of continued battles and skirmishes occurring between December 1780 and July 1781. |