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�state, to an officer of the navy appointed to take possession of them, previously unloading the private property part of which had been on board for security during the siege. Granted. 14. No article of the capitulation to be infringed on pretext of reprisal; and if there be any doubtful expressions in it, they are to be interpreted according to common meaning + acceptation [?] of the words. Granted. Done at York in Virginia, this 19th day of October, 1781. Cornwallis. Thomas Lymonds. Published by order of Congress Cha. Thomson Secy