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George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, [14] May 1779

George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates

Middlebrook [New Jersey] May [14] 1779. Regrets that prospects for reinforcements are so unpromising. Encloses a congressional resolve concerning the defense of Rhode Island. States that Virginia levies are to be sent to the South.

LS, in writing of H, New-York Historical Society, New York City.

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    George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, [14] May 1779
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    Washington, George
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    Gates, Horatio
    Date
    14 May 1779

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    “George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, [14] May 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0130. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 46.]

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