1To John Jay from Horatio Gates, 29 January 1779 (Jay Papers)
Since I had the Honour to write to Your Excellency upon the Instant, I have received the inclosed intelligence from General Bayley, and Colonel Bedel, Copies of which are also transmitted to General Washington. I am confident the Enemy’s Magazines of Provisions are exhausting very fast. Admiral Gambier, sent from New-York, to New London, in Three Vessels with Flags of Truce, 367 Prisoners;...
2To John Jay from Horatio Gates, 15 March 1779 (Jay Papers)
Persuaded that your Excellency punctually attends to every Thing which may respect the Eastern Department, as you declared in the first Letter I have been honoured with from you, since you are in the Chair; I hope all my Letters, since my Arrival in Boston, will be answered as far as it may be necessary for my Conduct. I do not yet know what Congress intend to do towards fortifying this City...