. The works of Washington Irving. Gates Sent to Philadelphia with the Canada De-spatches—Promoted to the Rank of Major-General—Washington Summoned to Philadelphia—PutnamI/eft in Command—Conference with Congress—Army Arrangements—A Board of War Instituted—The Clintons of New York—Mrs. Washington Inoc-ulated—Reed Made Adjutant-General. AS the reverses in Canada would affect thefortunes of the Revolution elsewhere,Washington sent General Gates to laythe despatches concerning them beforeCongress. His military experience, said he, and intimate acquaintance with the situationof our affairs, will ena
. The works of Washington Irving. Gates Sent to Philadelphia with the Canada De-spatches—Promoted to the Rank of Major-General—Washington Summoned to Philadelphia—PutnamI/eft in Command—Conference with Congress—Army Arrangements—A Board of War Instituted—The Clintons of New York—Mrs. Washington Inoc-ulated—Reed Made Adjutant-General. AS the reverses in Canada would affect thefortunes of the Revolution elsewhere,Washington sent General Gates to laythe despatches concerning them beforeCongress. His military experience, said he, and intimate acquaintance with the situationof our affairs, will enable him to give Congressthe fullest satisfaction about the measures nec-essary to be adopted at this alarming crisis ;and, with his zeal and attachment to the causeof America, he will have a claim to their noticeand had Gates departed on his mission74 9v9^r
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