- Horatio Gates letter to Benjamin Lincoln.
Behmus Heights, NY - 19 September 1777
in the present position and circumstances of General Burgoyne's army, considered with his apparent views, your army ought to be posted at Stillwater
- Horatio Gates letter to George Washington.
Behmus Heights, NY - 5 October 1777
I am sorry to repeat to your Excellency the Distress I have suffered for want of a proper supply of musket cartridges from Springfield, or the materials to make them.
