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Letter to Major-General Gates [Berkeley County, Va.]

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The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

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Title
Letter to Major-General Gates [Berkeley County, Va.]
Names
Armstrong, John (Author)
Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806 (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

Pennsylvania and Delaware

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1783-06-09
Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States. Continental Congress
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. Fo
Description
Sends this by Mr. Nourse, together with packets from the army; troops that have not completed their service are to be stationed at West Point, Detroit, and Niagara; Gates could have no hopes for the command of these, for all is left to the Commander-in-Chief; [Charles?] Stewart promises to show, in the course of an official enquiry, some of the abominable meanness and vice long existent among the New England troops; status of the Tories in Virginia; expected arrival of the Dutch ambassador; resignation of Secretary for Foreign Affairs [R. R. Livingston]; candidates for the office; the new ministry in England; increase in British trade at Philadelphia; the British ambassador "will shak the Knight of Malta in his seat, If he be the clever fellow they should & (I suppose) can send;" offers of Maryland and of New York for the seat of government.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 815
Archives EAD ID: 275344
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0ac65290-6a40-0139-a075-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Major-General Gates [Berkeley County, Va.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1783. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9b9341d-2832-4a83-e040-e00a18062ea1

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Major-General Gates [Berkeley County, Va.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 29, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9b9341d-2832-4a83-e040-e00a18062ea1

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1783). Letter to Major-General Gates [Berkeley County, Va.] Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9b9341d-2832-4a83-e040-e00a18062ea1

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Letter to Major-General Gates [Berkeley County, Va.]