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The Surrender of Burgoyne: Samuel Cody

This is an Abstract of the full letter by Samuel Cody, reprinted in the Christian Watchman, 1853. Believed to have been first printed in the Utica Observer.

WE recently had the pleasure of perusing a letter written by the venerable Samuel Cody. of Vernon Centre, in this county. now in his 93rd year, in which he describes many of the incidents connected with the surrender of Burgoyne, on the 17th of October, 1777, of which he was an eye witness. The writing is even and regular-"plain as print"-and the lines so compact that sixty-two are written upon a page of common Letter paper. Congress had ordered the deficiencies in the Continental regiments to be made up by drafts, "but" says the venerable patriot:

"My father said he would take the place of one and I should that of another....

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Date: April 14, 1853 

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Citation:  THE SURRENDER OF. (1853, Apr 14). Christian Watchman and Reflector (1851-1861), 34, 60. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/magazines/surrender/docview/127541100/se-2?accountid=11311

Holding Institution/Physical Location: Widener Library, Harvard University

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Publication title: Christian Watchman and Reflector (1851-1861); Boston
Volume: 34
Issue: 15
Pages: 60
Number of pages: 1
Publication year: 1853
Publication date: Apr 14, 1853
Publisher: American Periodicals Series II
Place of publication: Boston
Country of publication: United States, Boston
Publication subject: Press, Baptist, Baptists
Source type: Magazine
Language of publication: English; EN
Document type: article
ProQuest document ID: 127541100
Document URL: http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/magazines/surrender/docview/127541100/se-2?accountid=11311
Copyright: Copyright American Periodicals Series II Apr 14, 1853
Last updated: 2010-05-27
Database: American Periodicals; C19: The Nineteenth Century Index; Periodicals Index Online
Index: American Periodicals Series
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Citation style: APA 6th - American Psychological Association, 6th Edition

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