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Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection(AMERICAN REVOLUTION—YORKTOWN)Lord Cornwallis's Surrender at Yorktown reported in The London Chronicle, Vol. I, No. 3901. London, from Saturday, December 1, to Tuesday, December 4, 1781 4to, 8 pages (11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.; 287 x 215 mm), text in three columns, disbound. The consignor has independently obtained a letter of authenticity from PSA that will accompany the lot. "The intelligence of Lord Cornwallis's misfortune." A front-page report of massive losses suffered by Great Britain when the combined American and French forces compelled Cornwallis's surrender on 19 October, after a three-week siege. "Forty transports, it is said, were taken by the French in York River. … Each of these transports were valued at three thousand pounds which makes this event a loss to us of 120,000£. The brass cannon taken at York town, to the number of 70, mentioned in the capitulation, were travelling pieces of 6, 9, and 22 pounders." While no significant battles or campaigns occurred after Yorktown and the British Parliament agreed to cease hostilities in March 1782, the London Chronicle did not foresee just how decisive Cornwallis's "misfortune" had been. In addition to noting that Charles Town and Savannah remained firmly in British control, the paper also reported that "a large body of troops are ordered to be in readiness to embark for America, to prosecute the war with vigour."Condition ReportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The