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Philadelphia May 17th 1780 Dear Sir, I embrace the earliest & best opportunity of acknowledging the receipt of yours, dated, Wilmington 21st April, & need not, I trust, express how much I join with you in anxious expectation of hearing the fate of our Capital, & the brave men within it.  I am, however, not without my hopes, & am convinced, that if Sir Henry has not succeeded before this time, he never will.  The Garrison & inhabitants of New York have been thrown into the greatest confusion by news received from Europe, repeated councils of war have been held, repeated expresses sent off to Clinton, & the citizens, as well as the military, are called out to fatigue duty; they are erecting works between the two rivers, and a battery at the lookout on Staten Island, whilst a number of vessels have been prepared, & are ready to be sunk, with a view of obstructing the entrance of the harbor.  These facts, joined to the information we have received from Europe, lend us to expect the appearance of a friendly force.  I thought it of the greatest consequence that our friends in Carolina should be immediately made acquainted with our expectations in this matter, as it may be attended with no small influence upon their councils.  As my Colleague Matthews is on a committee at Camp, I am deprived of his advice with respect to that part of your letter, which hints the expediency of transmitting to Mr. Adams, a similar commission, to that which you now hold, but have thought it best upon reflection not to say mention any thing about the matter, answering in general terms to all enquiries, that you were at Wilmington, & waiting for a safe opportunity to embark.  Should we be so unfortunate as to lose Charles Town, it will not then be too late to transmit a commission to Mr. Adams, but should our enemies be disappointed, you will in that case, I flatter myself, my dear Sir, be prevailed upon to make the attempt, & may do it with a far greater prospect of success, if not embarrassed with the interference of another Person._ We have had quires of paper from our Ministers abroad, but they contain little else but extracts from French & English Newspapers, except on one head which I have alluded to in the other page of this letter, & which prudence forbids my discussing on paper._ Should any thing material take place, I should esteem it a particular favor to hear from you, & will endeavor to deserve it, by giving every degree of information from this quarter. I am, dear Sir, With the greatest respect & esteem, Your most obdnt & hum. Servant, F. Kinloch. The Marquis de la Fayette is arrived, & has, I believe, some information to communicate. Governor Morris had the misfortune, to be thrown out of his Phaeton the other day, & has lost his leg by amputation. I enclose the last Newspapers, which I beg you would be so kind as to forward to the Governor.

Cornwallis was not with is army. Pleading illness, he had sent his men out to surrender with General Charles O'Hara at their head. O'Hara made it obvious that they wished to be regarded as surrendering to the French and not to the Americans. Turning to Lafayette's friend Mathieu Dumas, one of Rochambeau's aides assigned to escort him, O'Hara asked where Rochambeau was. On receiving an answer, he started toward the French general. Both Dumas and Rochambeau reminded O'Hara that Washington was the commander-in-chief of the allied army. O'Hara turned to Washington with much embarrassment in his countenance. Washington indicated that he was to take further orders from General Lincoln, who had had to surrender his own army at Charleston. Lincoln led the British and Hessians through the lines of their conquerors. They kept their eyes turned towards the French ranks, until Lafayette, resenting their studied disregard, ordered his drum-major to strike up 'Yankee Doodle.' The band's blare made them turn their eyes toward his side of the line.