31To George Washington from Major General Horatio Gates, 17 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed are Copies of Two Letters which I received Yesterday from some British Officers lately taken & Carried to Boston; I have consented to Their remaining at Cambridge, until Your Excellency’s further pleasure concerning them is declared; I could wish Major Gardner might be Exchanged, as I am satisfied he means to go immediately to Europe; and that his Debilitated Constitution will not...
32To George Washington from Major General Horatio Gates, 9 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honour to send Your Excellency, a Request of the Officers of Col: Webb’s Regiment; Also a Letter I received Yesterday from Lieutt Edwards, who has my directions to take Charge of The prisoners at—Rutland. I understand Major Mersereau’s Wife was in His Absence from Boston last Winter, Wheedled away by an Officer of The Convention Troops; I suppose the Major is gone to Virginia, in...
33To George Washington from Major General Horatio Gates, 6 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honour to acknowledge the Receipt of your Excellency’s Letters of the 17th and 24th of last Month. It is not in my power to give Your Excellency any Official Information respecting the penobscot Expedition, having never been Concern’d in, nor even consulted upon, that Unfortunate Undertaking—I hear from persons who were there, and have returned to this Town, one of whom was an...
34To George Washington from Horatio Gates, 5 Sept. 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Horatio Gates, 5 Sept. 1779. On 14 Sept., GW wrote Gates: “I have been favd with yours of the 5th.”
35To George Washington from Horatio Gates, 13 Aug. 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Horatio Gates, 13 Aug. 1779. On 24 Aug., GW wrote Gates: “I have been duly favored with your letter of the 13th inst.”
36To George Washington from Horatio Gates, 11 Aug. 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Horatio Gates, 11 Aug. 1779. On 17 Aug., GW wrote Gates: “I have recd your favr of the 11th instant.”
37To George Washington from Major General Horatio Gates, 25 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
Last Night the inclosed Letter, & paper of Intelligence, came to my Hands from the Council of The State of Massachusetts Bay; at their Request I forward it immediately by Express to Your Excellency — The informant being an Enemy, ought to be believed with Caution, indeed there are circumstances which induce me to think His Intelligence is by no means to be dispised, in the Main, I am inclined...
38To George Washington from Major General Horatio Gates, 18 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have within this Half Hour received the inclosed papers, and Letters, from Colonel Cheever, Colonel Mason, and the Officer Guarding the Arsenal at Springfield. Since my being Commanded to This Department, I have not given any Orders with Regard to the post at Springfield, lest my directions should Clash with those given by Your Excellency, or General Knox; I well know Ordnance Affairs are...
39To George Washington from Major General Horatio Gates, 7 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
I had the Honour to receive Your Excellency’s Letters of the 27th & 30th Ulto, by One and the same Express. In Obedience to Your Commands contained in the Letter of the 30th, I immediately Ordered General Glover with his Brigade to March for Fish-Kill. They left Providence this Morning Early. Inclosed are the Directions I have given General Glover, with the Route by which he is to March...
40To George Washington from Major General Horatio Gates, 25 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
I am this moment informed, by the inclosed reports, from Brigr General Cornell, who Commands at Tiverton; and Colo. Christopher Greene, who Commands at Greenwich; That a Fleet of The Enemy’s Sailed this Morning from Newport. By the best Intelligence I can obtain, they have on board, the 54th British—the Landgraves German, and Colo. Fanning’s Tory Regiments, with a Detachment of Artillerists....