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To George Washington from Major General Horatio Gates, 28 March 1779

From Major General Horatio Gates

Boston 28th March 1779

Sir

I have the Honour to send your Excellency the inclosed Letter from The Major of The British 62d Regiment of Foot, as His Regiment are prisoners in Virginia, it is not improbable but Your Excellency may Grant his request, when I assure you Sir, that his Conduct here, has been, not only irreproachable, but perfectly praise worthy.1 the particular circumstances of his Lady, & Family, will I am persuaded excite Your Wonted Generosity Towards Them.2 I am Sir Your Excellencys most Obedint Humble Servant

Horatio Gates

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. For the enclosure, see Henry Harnage to GW, 27 March. This letter had been enclosed with one of the same date from Harnage, at Cambridge, Mass., to Gates requesting that he forward it with his favorable recommendation to GW (Gregory and Dunnings, “Gates Papers” description begins James Gregory and Thomas Dunnings, eds. “Horatio Gates Papers, 1726–1828.” Sanford, N.C., 1979. Microfilm. description ends ; see also Harnage to Gates, 9 Nov. 1778, and Harnage and Erle Hawker to Gates, 13 Nov. 1778, both in Gregory and Dunnings, “Gates Papers” description begins James Gregory and Thomas Dunnings, eds. “Horatio Gates Papers, 1726–1828.” Sanford, N.C., 1979. Microfilm. description ends ).

2. Harnage’s wife, Honour, was pregnant.

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    To George Washington from Major General Horatio Gates, 28 March 1779
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    “To George Washington from Major General Horatio Gates, 28 March 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-19-02-0617. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 19, 15 January–7 April 1779, ed. Philander D. Chase and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, p. 633.]

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