Talk:Horatio Gates

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[edit] Ancestry and birth

Micheal Boatner's 1974 book, the Encyclopedia of the American Revolution gives a different ancestry. It has been picked up by a number of web sites, but I still accept my older notes. As a defense, many libraries have dropped the Boatner book due to other inaccuracies. In fairness, however, I must report there are no other specific challenge to his version of Gates' biography. Lou I 19:45, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Was Gates born in 1726 or 1727? I've seen 1728 cited as well. Perhaps the change from Julian to Gregorian has something to do with it, but because no month and day of birth are given, one can't be sure. -- Flauto Dolce 01:14, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Does anyone have any information on where General Gates was from? The article makes no mention of that, save that he was an officer in the British regular army and served in Europe, America, and the West Indies.--Raguleader 08:19, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

The precise year, location, and circumstances of Gates's birth are undocumented, hence the variations. Any source that reports this data as fact rather than tradition is apparently telling you more than can be proven. In the American National Biography, Gates biographer Paul David Nelson gives 1728 as his best guess, and says that he was "born, according to tradition, in Maldon, England, the son of Robert Gates, a customs collector, and Dorothy Reeve, a housekeeper." —Kevin Myers 05:10, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Newburgh Conspiracy

Question about the line that Gates "had no obvious connection" to the Newburgh Conspiracy. Joseph J. Ellis has Gates not only complicit in the Newburgh Conspiracy but actually leading the radical faction that wanted to act out the military takeover. p. 142 His Excellency, Knopf, New York:2004. Ellis cites Richard H. Kohn, Eagle and Sword: The Beginnings of the Military Establishment in America, New York:1975. --Hilander 03:40, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gallery

Shouldn't this be moved to wikipedia commons? Fawcett5 16:07, 11 May 2005 (UTC)