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| Title | Gates Letter 1777 |
| Description | Letter from General Horatio Gates, Philadelphia, 18 March 1777 to General Anthony Wayne. Gates congratulates Wayne on his appointment to Brigadier General and discusses the actions of the various fighting units. He requests an accounting of the 5000 dollars given to Lieut. Col. Hays who was to have used the money for services to the garrison, but has not. He comments that he does not agree with the local residents of Philadelphia who are convinced that the British are heading for Virginia. Gates concludes by apologizing for not writing more, but that he is concerned about his letters safely reaching Gen. Wayne. |
| Alternate Title | Historic Letters: General Gates to General Wayne |
| Alternate Title 2 | Wayne Letters |
| Author | Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806 |
| Repository | Special Collections and Archives, F.H. Green Library, West Chester University of Pennsylvania |
| Date Digital | 2005-12 |
| Date Original | 1777-03-18 |
| Subject TGM1 |
Correspondence Military officers Revolutionaries Revolutions War |
| Subject LC | United States-History-Revolution-1775-1783 ; Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796-Correspondence ; Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806--Correspondence |
| Object | Text |
| Format Digital | JPG |
| Format Original | Rag paper, 30 x 31.5 cm. |
| Source | Handwritten letter from Gates to Wayne |
| Relation | Transcripts from: Historic Letters from the Collection of the West Chester Normal School. Compiled by Geo. Morris Philips. Lippincott, 1898. |
| Coverage | 1775-1783, American Revolutionary War |
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| Contributing Institution | West Chester University of Pennsylvania |
Description
| Title | Gates Letter 1777 |
| Description | Letter from General Horatio Gates, Philadelphia, 18 March 1777 to General Anthony Wayne. Gates congratulates Wayne on his appointment to Brigadier General and discusses the actions of the various fighting units. He requests an accounting of the 5000 dollars given to Lieut. Col. Hays who was to have used the money for services to the garrison, but has not. He comments that he does not agree with the local residents of Philadelphia who are convinced that the British are heading for Virginia. Gates concludes by apologizing for not writing more, but that he is concerned about his letters safely reaching Gen. Wayne. |
| Alternate Title | Historic Letters: General Gates to General Wayne |
| Author | Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806 |
| Repository | Special Collections and Archives, F.H. Green Library, West Chester University of Pennsylvania |
| Date Original | 1777-03-18 |
| Relation | Transcripts from: Historic Letters from the Collection of the West Chester Normal School. Compiled by Geo. Morris Philips. Lippincott, 1898. |
| Coverage | 1775-1783, American Revolutionary War |
| Contributing Institution | West Chester University of Pennsylvania |
