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Yorktown Victory Dispatches Reach Congress Leader McKean
The narrative details General Washington's siege at Yorktown and McKean's dual offices. Tilghman fights storms and fatigue delivering Washington’s dispatch to Congress, racing from Yorktown to Annapolis and then to Philadelphia. News reaches Governor Lee and Maryland officials via Grasse’s fleet before Tilghman arrives at McKean’s home in the early hours.
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Congress
McKean
Pennsylvania
Washington
Yorktown
York
Clinton
New York
New
Geneva
Tilghman
Continental Congress
York River
Annapolis
Chesapeake
Tangier Island
Point Lookout
Maryland
Philadelphia
Thomas Sim Lee
Thomas Johnson
Rc Tion
Philip Lee
Virginia
Lee
Needwood
Petersville
Frederick County
South Mountain
Cornwallis
Savannah
Georgia
Nathanael Green
North
South Carolina
Greene
Washingen
State House
de Grasse
State Council
Count de Grasse
Col
Lord Cornwallis
United States
Rock Hall
Kent County
Chesapeake Bay
James Hollyday
Tidewater
Whewton-on-Chester River
Thomas McKean
Mr. McKean