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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. "
Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis - Page 523
by Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis - 1859
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The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies

David Lee Russell - History - 2000 - 386 pages
...Cornwallis nodded in assent. He then turned to his aide and dictated the historic letter: Sir, I propose a cessation of hostilities for twenty-four hours,...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...
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Lee's Aide-de-Camp

Charles Marshall - History - 2000 - 386 pages
...Yorktown, his lordship proposed in his 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...
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The American Revolution

Bruce Lancaster, John Harold Plumb - History - 2001 - 380 pages
...froze as the writing swirled before his eyes: "I propose a cessation of hostilities for twenty four hours, and that two officers may be appointed by each...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."...
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Bootmaker to the Nation: The Story of the American Revolution

John Slade - United States - 2002 - 740 pages
...surrender were negotiated. The message brought by the British lieutenant read as follows: "Sir, I propose a cessation of hostilities for twenty-four hours,...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,...
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Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won the Revolution

Richard M. Ketchum - History - 2004 - 380 pages
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Battles of the American Revolution: Historical and Military Criticism of the ...

Henry B. Carrington - History - 2004 - 617 pages
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Washington the Soldier

Henry B. Carrington - 2004 - 500 pages
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Marquis de la Fayette in the American Re

Charlemagne Tower - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 552 pages
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The Surrender of Cornwallis

Ann Heinrichs - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2007 - 58 pages
...Washington. The officer bore a letter from Cornwallis saying: "I propose a cessation of hostilities ... and that two officers may be appointed by each side,...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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The Collected What If?: Eminent Historians Imagining what Might Have Been

Caleb Carr - Imaginary histories - 2001 - 856 pages
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