 | Charlemagne Tower - Biography & Autobiography - 1914 - 324 pages
...follows : "I propose a cessation of hostilities for twentyfour hours, and that two officers may be appointed by each side, to meet at Mr. Moore's house,...the surrender of the posts of York and Gloucester." Two days later, the British army marching out of Yorktown in the presence of the allied French and... | |
 | George Washington - 1925 - 480 pages
...hours,2 that Commissioners might meet at the house of a Mr. Moore3 (in the rear of our first parallel) to settle terms, for the surrender of the Posts of York and Gloucester. To this he was answered, that a desire to spare the further effusion of Blood would readily incline... | |
 | John Marshall - Presidents - 1926 - 474 pages
...hours, that commissioners might meet at Moore's house, which was just in the rear of the first parallel, to settle terms for the surrender of the posts of York and Gloucester. To this letter General Washington returned an immediate answer declaring his "ardent desire to spare... | |
 | Charles Marshall - Generals - 1927 - 372 pages
...letter of October 17, 1781, "a cessation of hostilities for 24 hours, and that two officers may be appointed by each side to meet at Mr. Moore's house to settle terms of surrender of the posts of York and Gloucester." In view of this letter, and of the fact that Cornwallis... | |
 | Army War College (U.S.). Historical Section, Howard Lee Landers - United States - 1931 - 246 pages
...Washington read: I propose a cessation of hostilities for twenty four hours, and that two officers may be appointed by each side, to meet at Mr. Moore's house,...the surrender of the posts of York and Gloucester. Washington's reply to the letter, granting a suspension of hostilities for two hours, was as follows:... | |
 | David Lee Russell - History - 2000 - 386 pages
...letter: Sir, I propose a cessation of hostilities for twenty-four hours, and that two officers may be appointed by each side to meet at Mr. Moore's house to settle terms for the surrender of the posts at York and Gloucester. I have the honour to be &c. Cornwallis35 At 10 AM on the cold day of October... | |
 | Charles Marshall - History - 2000 - 386 pages
...letter of October 17, 1781, "a cessation of hostilities for 24 hours, and that two officers may be appointed by each side to meet at Mr. Moore's house to settle terms of surrender of the posts of York and Gloucester." In view of this letter, and of the fact that Cornwallis... | |
 | Bruce Lancaster, John Harold Plumb - History - 2001 - 380 pages
...his eyes: "I propose a cessation of hostilities for twenty four hours, and that two officers may be appointed by each side, to meet at Mr. Moore's house to settle terms for the surrender of the posts ol York & Gloucester. I have the honor to be Sir Your most obedient and most humble Servant, Cornwallis."... | |
 | John Slade - United States - 2002 - 740 pages
...follows: "Sir, I propose a cessation of hostilities for twenty-four hours, and that two officers may be appointed by each side to meet at Mr. Moore's house...surrender of the posts of York and Gloucester. I have the honor to be, etc., Cornwallis. " Knowing that the British fleet from New York might arrive at any hour,... | |
 | Ann Heinrichs - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2007 - 58 pages
...letter from Cornwallis saying: "I propose a cessation of hostilities ... and that two officers may be appointed by each side, to meet at Mr. Moore's house,...the surrender of the posts of York and Gloucester." Augustine Moore owned a large farmhouse in Yorktown. On October 18, two officers from each side met... | |
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SIR, . I propose a cessation of hostilities for twenty-four hours, and that two officers may be appointed by each side, to meet at Mr. Moore's house, to settle terms for the surrender of the posts of York and Gloucester. 
