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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04764.86 |
| From Archive Folder | Burgoyne-Kingston collection: papers concerning Convention Army after Saratoga |
| Title | Petition against Articles of Convention |
| Date | 10 November 1777 |
| Author | Carter, Jonathan (fl. 1777) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Petition signed by 13 British officers and subalterns in the Royal Regiment of Artillery captured at the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777. Probably sent to General John Burgoyne. Claims the Americans have not followed through on the stipulations of the Articles of Convention, the document that delineated the terms of General John Burgoyne's surrender to the Americans. Claims they have not been quartered properly and that their conditions "Compell Us to Decline Our Assent to the Parole, 'till the Articles We think Incompatible with Our Situations in Life to Submitt to, are Alterd." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Battle Battle of Saratoga Convention Army Prisoner of War Petition Military Camp Parole |
| People | Carter, Jonathan (fl. 1777) |
| Place written | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |