Letter to Gen. Burgoyne

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Title

Letter to Gen. Burgoyne

Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection
Lossing's Field Book of Revolution

Names

Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806 (Author)
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792 (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1777-09-25
Place: Behmus' Heights

Library Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927

Genres

Correspondence

Notes

Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: 1 page. Fo

Abstract

Sends a list of the prisoners in his hands; Ensign Phillips died of his wounds on the 21st; Dr. [Jonathan] Potts in his interview with Dr. Wood had some discourse about the wounded prisoners; desires to know Burgoyne's sentiments thereupon; requests a return of the American prisoners taken on the 19th; has no objection to the wife of John Wright being sent to her husband; will deliver clothing or money that may be sent for prisoners; he has twenty-seven British and four German prisoners taken previous to the 19th. Contemporary transcript. Endorsed.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 4337
Archives EAD ID: 276514
Archives Components ID: 1570
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): adc42520-6a35-0139-fa33-0242ac110002

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