Letter to [Horatio Gates.]
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Title
Letter to [Horatio Gates.]
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
Lossing's Field Book of Revolution
Names
Armstrong, John (Author)
Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1783-06-16
Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
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Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. Fo
Abstract
The late resolve of Congress, discharging without a settlement all those men engaged for the war, was taken up very spiritedly by the corps at this place; to add to the confusion and alarm of Congress, a detachment from South Carolina landed yesterday; all the troops except the 1st are ordered out of town; [Robert R.] Livingston having resigned the secretaryship of foreign affairs, the candidates for the place were Scuyler, Jefferson, George Clymer, Arthur Lee, Tench Tilghman and Trumbull; as the first three were withdrawn, the choice became too meagre; it is now purposed to unite the departments of war and foreign affairs, and give the place to Gen. Green.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 4816
Archives EAD ID: 276782
Archives Components ID: 1838
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6122b930-6a37-0139-68c4-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [Horatio Gates.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1783. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6122b930-6a37-0139-68c4-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1783). Letter to [Horatio Gates.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6122b930-6a37-0139-68c4-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [Horatio Gates.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6122b930-6a37-0139-68c4-0242ac110002
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