Autograph letter signed : Ticonderoga, "To the hon. Horatio Gates Esqr. Majo. Genl. in the northern department" , 1776 Sept. 3.

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Autograph letter signed : Ticonderoga, "To the hon. Horatio Gates Esqr. Majo. Genl. in the northern department" , 1776 Sept. 3.

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This is evidently the orignal rough draft of the document, as it exhibits numerous erasures and additions. It concerns the details of the campaign of Quebec, and the differences between Col. Brown and Benedict Arnold, which finally led to the resignation of Brown (who herein requests that 'Genl. Arnold be immediately put under arrest and brought to trial', for his criticism of Col. Brown), and to his prediction that Arnold would eventually turn traitor.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806

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American revolutionary general. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Traveller's Rest, to F. Meriwether, Esq., 1787 Jan. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864014 Revolutionary general. Born in England, Gates settled in Virginia in 1772 after a career in the British army that included service in the French and Indian War. He was commissioned adjutant-general of the Continental Army in 1775, and was in command at the pivotal victory of Saratoga. After Saratoga...

Brown, John, 1744-1780

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Member of the Continental Congress from Massachusetts. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ticonderoga, to the Hon. Horatio Gates Esq. Maj. Genl. in the northern department, 1776 Sept. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131753 Colonel and member of the Continental Congress from Massachusetts. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ticonderoga, "To the hon. Horatio Gates Esqr. Majo. Genl. in the northern department" , 1776 Sept. 3. (Unkn...

Hollingsworth, Zachary T.,

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