- Richard Platt letter to Aaron Burr.
Peekskill, NY - 14 January 1779
Handcuffs will be sent you as soon as they can be made. If you have a number of prisoners at any time to send up, let them be fastened right and left hands, and the guard cut the strings of their breeches
- Richard Platt letter to Aaron Burr.
Peekskill, NY - 26 January 1779
He brings with him forty men, I believe as good as any in the army.
- Richard Platt letter to Aaron Burr.
Peekskill, NY - 23 February 1779
Cammell will be down shortly to pay off accounts. One dollar per day is allowed for a saddle-horse.
- Richard Platt letter to Aaron Burr.
, NY - 25 February 1779
The general wishes you to detain the best officers and men, for five complete parties of sixty
- Richard Platt letter to Valentine Morris.
New York, NY - 27 January 1814
In reply to yours of the 20th of November last, requesting to be informed what was the reputation and services of Colonel Burr during the revolutionary war
