September 10th Rare Autographs, Books and Sports
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William Heath signed handwritten letter to Lt. General Burgoyne, Headquarters Boston, dated Feby. 10th 1778, inscribed Sir, Your favor this date came duly to hand, I have had a parole for Mr. Wilford which he will please to sign and leave in the hands of Col. Kingston until Col. Keith comes up tomorrow. Mr. Peck who is to attend Mr. Wilford will be at Cambridge by eight o'clock tomorrow morning with the passports, there is a recorded response from Burgoyne in"Naval Documents of the American Revolution: American theatre: Jan. 1, 1778-Mar. 31, 1778", page 709. Israel Keith was an aide-de-camp to Major General William Heath and became deputy adjutant in Boston, where he kept watch of a prison camp that detained British Army officers and soldiers captured in battle, Lt. Col. Kingston was adjutant-general to Burgoyne, 12 1/2" x 7 3/4".
Burgoyne fought two small battles near Saratoga but was surrounded by American forces and, with no relief in sight, surrendered his entire army of 6,200 men on 17 October 1777. His surrender, says historian Edmund Morgan, "was a great turning point of the war, because it won for Americans the foreign assistance which was the last element needed for victory.
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William Heath ALS 1778 to Lt. General Burgoyne about British Officers captured in New York,
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