General Gates to Doctor Church

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Cambridge, September 24, 1775.

To Doctor CHURCH:

SIR: I am directed by his Excellency the General to inform you that his unwillingness to part with a good officer alone prevents his complying with your request, in your letter of the 20th instant. He desires you would stay with your family some time longer, and if there is then no prospect of its being in such a situation as to permit you to return to your duty, you will receive a discharge pursuant to your letter. Your very humble servant,

HORATIO GATES, Adjutant-General.