GATES, HORATIO, Major General, Continental Army. Autograph letter signed as President of the Board of War, to George Read, President (Governor) of Delaware, 7 March 1778, 1 page, folio. Gates, four months after the American triumph at Saratoga over Burgoyne, has been appointed by Congress to the Board of War, and forwards, in this capacity, "the Resolutions of Congress recommending it to the young Gent[lemen] of Property in the State of Delaware form a Volunteer Troop of Light Calvary. Annexed thereto is a descriptive list of accoutrements necessary to be provided for their taking the field." -- GATES. Document signed, New York, 8 May 1801. 1 page, 4to. Gates, who emancipated his slaves, sold his Virginia plantation and moved to New York in 1790, authorizes John Broome to receive "the wages due to me as one of the members of the Legislature of this City & County of New York, during my attendance at the Special Sessions in November last" Together 2 items. (2)