Article 14th
No Article of the Capitulation to be infringed on pretext of Reprisal, & if there be any doubtful Expressions in it, they are to be interpreted, according to the common Meaning & Acceptation of the Words.—
Article 14th
Granted.—
Done at York in Virginia this 19th day of October 1781
Cornwallis Thos Symonds
[Done in the trenches before York Town in Virginia October 19 1781.
G. Washington Le Comte de Rochambeau Le Comte de Barras, en mon nom & celui de Comte de Grasse]
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