...me to have heard that, in consequence of your non-compliance with their request they had burned my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought...making a voluntary offer of refreshments to them, with the view to prevent a conflagration." Lord Cornwallis was now at Yorktown, in Virginia, a few miles...

...the request of the British, they had burnt my hous*, and laid my plantation in ruins. You ought lo have considered yourself as my representative, and...communicating with the enemy, and making a voluntary offer of refreshment to them, with a view to prevent a conflagration." Though, in conducting the war, General...

...consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burned my house and laid my ¡limitation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as...reflected on the bad example of communicating with tho enemy, and making a voluntary offer of refreshments to them with a view to prevent a conflagration."...