Letters of Members of the Continental Congress, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Letters of Members of the Continental Congress, Vol. 2: July 5, 1776, to December 31, 1777The second of the debates recorded by Thomson, that upon the motion to appoint Gates to the command of the northern army in place of Schuyler, is one of which the journals give no intimation whatever. Letters Of Duane and Duer, June 19, 1777, neither of which has before been printed, relate that Gates had, a day or so before, Obtained admis sion to the ¿oor of Congress with a view to having himself reinstated, as he expressed it, in command in the north, while Thomson's notes show that some five weeks later an acrimonious debate once more arose over the relative merits Of Schuyler and Gates and continued for at least three days. These notes appear to end abruptly, but some letters and the journals Show the sequel to have been the decision of Congress to institute an inquiry into the conduct Of Schuyler and St. Clair.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.