Bennington Letters for the Year 1777

3 Letters written from the place Bennington to 2 people including Horatio Gates. letters from Bennington were written in the year 1777.

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  • Benjamin Lincoln letter to .

    Bennington, VT - 10 August 1777

    I find the men sent here from the county of Worcester, under the command of Colonel Gushing, left their homes in such haste, that they are by no means prepared to remain in camp any considerable time

  • Benjamin Lincoln letter to .

    Bennington, VT - 25 August 1777

    I hear that to-morrow I may expect five companies of the three months men. As soon as they arrive, I shall discharge the whole of Colonel Cushing's ; for the discontent among them is so general that they will be of very little service here

  • Benjamin Lincoln letter to Horatio Gates.

    Bennington, VT - 4 September 1777

    The person I sent to General Burgoyne is returned. He had an opportunity to confer with him, with Fraser and others, and was suffered to return into the country, under the character of a Recruiting Officer.