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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis: Media

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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis, detail of a pencil drawing...
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis.
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John Trumbull: Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis (at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781),...
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Surrender of Cornwallis
Surrender of Cornwallis: at York-Town Va. Oct. 1781, lithograph by N. Currier...
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