Note 1068 — Chapter VI · (continued 2)

Cf. Cornwallis to Clinton, dated New York, Dec. 2, 1781, in Parliamentary Register, xxv. 202; Political Magazine, iii. 350; Germain Correspondance, 269; and Cornwallis's Answer, App., p. 228. This was followed by The Narrative of Lieutenant-general Sir Henry Clinton, K. B., relative to his conduct ... particularly to that which respects the unfortunate issue of the campaign in 1781, with an appendix containing copies and extracts of his correspondence with Ld G. Germain, Earl Cornwallis, etc. (London, 1783, several editions. Reprinted in Philadelphia (1865) as Narrative of the Campaign of 1781 in America (250 copies).) Next came A Reply to Sir Henry Clinton's Narrative ... by Themistocles (Cornwallis?) (London, 1783, two editions), and An Answer to that part of the Narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, K. B., which relates to the conduct of Lieutenant-general Cornwallis during the campaign in North America in the year 1781, By Earl Cornwallis (London, 1783, and Philad., 1866). In reply to this appeared Observations on some parts of the answer of Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton's Narrative by Lieutenant-general Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. (London, 1783). In Notes and Queries, Oct. 28, 1882, mention is made of a copy of the Correspondence between Clinton and Cornwallis, July-Dec., 1781, with marginal MS. notes by Clinton. Cf. On this controversy Jones's New York during the Rev., ii. 464, 466.—Ed.