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Title: Gates, Horatio to Charles Lee, 1776 January 22; No. 363 Horatio Gates to Charles Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:908
Description: Remarks that [Richard] Montgomery's fate will induce Congress "to Cast their Eyes on You" and mentions that [Henry] Knox said that [Philip] Schuyler wishes to be excused from acting as a general and that there is agreement that [David] "Worcester" [Wooster] is too old for that service; informs him about a report that all goes well in Philadelphia and that the King's [George III's] speech "has had a Noble Effect in Fixing all the wavering to the cause of Freedom & America"; informs him about prize vessels that were recently captured; requests that he transmit any news from Canada and inquires about his opinion regarding American affairs there; [postscript]: informs him that a pamphlet entitled Common Sense, which is "an excellent performance," has come from Philadelphia and expresses the opinion that [Benjamin] Franklin "has been principally concern'd in the Composition"; requests that he recommend a young man to "Bob" [Robert] Morris for a position in the latter's counting house; remarks that many people think General Wooster "put the worst complexion" on intelligence from Canada "that he might be succoured the more expeditiously."; Typescript transcription on microfilm.; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806et al
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Public opinion; George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775; United States. Congress
Date: 1776-01-22; 2020

Title: Gates, Horatio to Richard Peters, 1783 February 20; No. 366 Horatio Gates to Richard Peters
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:860
Description: Mentions that Gates's command, which consists of fifteen regiments, gives very little trouble; remarks: "The political pot in Philadelphia Boils so furiously that ... as a Stranger rides through the Town, They Cry Scaldings ; what a Blessed Prospect we Republicans have before us!"; postscript: "The Financier [Robert Morris] has the prayers of the Army"; includes a four stanza poem by Gates "On The Prospect of Peace."; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806et al
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Morris, Robert, 1734-1806; United States. Congress; United States. Continental Army
Date: 1783-02-20; 2020