Long roll of the 20th Regt. of Convention 13th July 1781

Long roll of the 20th Regt. of Convention 13th July 1781

[Frederick, MD] 1781

[1] p. ; 33 cm.

MSS L2013F202

In 1777, British General John Burgoyne surrendered his army under the Saratoga Convention, which stipulated that the army would be sent back to England if they agreed to refrain from any further involvement in the war. The terms of the Convention were never agreed upon and ratified, and the British "Convention Army" was moved from New York to Boston to Virginia, and then back up to Maryland, and finally to Pennsylvania, where they were held until the end of the war.
This list gives the names of 128 captured officers and soldiers.
On verso: "LIst of prisoners in the barracks of said regiment who have left it & not joind the British army since" (27 names).

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