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Letter to [Horatio] Gates

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Title
Letter to [Horatio] Gates
Names
Peters, Richard (Author)
Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806 (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Generals of the American Revolution

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1784-02-23
Place: Belmont, Philadelphia, Pa.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Generals
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. 4o
Description
Baron Steuben is going to Annapolis, and needs Gates's assistance with Congress; he is the last they have to provide for; many of their sins could be forgiven if they make atonement by doing justice to this valuable officer; Gates must tell the New England men about the economy brought into the army by Steuben, and of the waste before he came; alludes to Steuben's services in teaching officers and men, and his good qualities; in his own country he had an income of 600 guineas; he has now but a pittance of what he brought with him; praises his Plan for a military establishment, which would make the country formidable without endangering its civil liberties.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 8729
Archives EAD ID: 278493
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 470fb7b0-6a38-0139-dbe4-0242ac110002
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Item timeline of events

  • 1784: Created
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [Horatio] Gates" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1784. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdb8127-9478-9816-e040-e00a18060b50

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [Horatio] Gates" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 7, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdb8127-9478-9816-e040-e00a18060b50

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1784). Letter to [Horatio] Gates Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdb8127-9478-9816-e040-e00a18060b50

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Letter to [Horatio] Gates