THE MICHIGAN DAILY TVIESDAY OOl03t 4. V T _ _ - - _ ,. .. a BL~ S XIIION DISPLAY INCLVTI)E' ORIGINAL1 LEITTfRS AND PAPERS OF G ENRAL SURRENDER EXPLAM3D Lett4rs Anrid Retporb Rs eveaI In fill~te Story ofTBattles, And ArgamninP Excha nged II th f8e Commemnorating the 150th. annivers- ary of the surrender of General Bur- goyne, the Clements library has on dis- play original letters an(I plans of the campaign of Burgoyne. The material has been obtained from the Clinton papers, pat of the collection of the British Headquarter papers which M. Clements purchased two years ago. In the exhibit is Burgoyn~es letter to General Howe explaining his sr- render, and letters to General Clinton relating the facts of the surrender o1 40 Saratoga. During the Revolution Lord George Germain was the governor of the colonies and it was to hrim that the general took the suggestionl that Gen- eral Howe should travel from New York and meet General Burgoyne and his troops who were to make n expe- dition down the St. Lawrence..1Had this proved successful Ameorica's struggle for independence might have been another British colonial upri sing. Vern~ahi Fails Promise Lord Germain who agreed to the plan had his secretary draw up order; to General Howe, left for a week-end trip without signing them. When hie reurned hie had forgotten them and beneraP Hiowe Proceeded to Philadel phla as he had been instructed. Bur- goyne, With 6,000 men, instead of 12,- 000 as he had asked, began his expedi- tion. The troops were inadequately supplied and unable to work with full S ,e f ieiency. To add to the troubles the Canadian governor refused to give the general assistanlce in keeping the forts e had capt'ured. 'This necessitated 'leaving detachments behind to hold the cap- tured 'territory: He continued south until he met NGeneral Gates of the Colonial troops Gates had 16,000 men who, accordin, to Burgoyne, were wiling to figh while his army numbered .,500 o which less than -2,000 were British. )Beaten By Siperpr Numbers In the letters and reports of the general it was a close fight, but su- perior u~imbers and inferior suppliete caused his downfall. When surrender seemed imminent he sued for a treaty tpon the advice of the sarmy cabinet. The original terms seemed insulting to him and were rejected. However he wrote to General Clinton that a the seconid meeting he dictated th terms and was highly pleased with th r'esult, General Washington gave him per- mission to return to England, where he went to clear his name. He wrote a letter vindicating himself and hi cause was so popular that it went to six editions and was translated to Germlan. He was given what wa practically an informal court martial but the case he ?presented exonerated him. almost completely. Beside being a great general Bur goyne had quite a talent as a writer. One play, "The Heiress," had ten editions the first yeear, and was fam- ous on the stage. He aligned himself with a political party and his writings were effective in thei bitter irony. i Prominent Libaria Of Oberlin College' Passes Away Supday, News of the dleath of A. S. hoot-, li- brarian of Oberlin college, «wc:-,re- ceived yesterday fr onm Mr. XV. W. Bis- hop, University librarian. Mr. Boot, who was torn in 13G~2 dieud Sunday at his home, Oberlin, Ohio. lHe was a former priesident of the 1;ibl-' iographical society of America and of the American Libxarian's association. and a fellow of the American Librar- ian's institute. H-e held A.B3. and A.Mv. degrees received at Oberliii college. "Mr. Root was undloubtedlly the fore- most librarian in America," said Mtr. Bfsiop, "andl a very extratordiniary man. He was especially in trs di early lrinting aall was an expert its that line. Mr. IAhot was th1., most scholarly librartn of' my accua.int- anice a:-ad onie of' m"y wairnmesl friends. At Oberlin colle o he performen'd an e ioimou's of work with little hell, and several times he was nm