Alexander McDougall papers, 1756-1795 (bulk 1776-1782).

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Alexander McDougall papers, 1756-1795 (bulk 1776-1782).

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Correspondence and papers, 1756-1795. Most of the collection dates from the Revolutionary War, and includes muster rolls, pay rolls, and morning reports, as well as correspondence, accounts, and miscellaneous papers. The material pertains to such matters as the activities of the Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence in New York; attitudes of the American colonists towards Great Britain; expeditions against Canada in 1775-1776; the First New York Regiment; the defense of Westchester County; the lack of military supplies and equipment; McDougall's command of the defenses of the Hudson River; enemy movements and plans; prisoners of war; the character of various persons, military and civilian; hardships of the army during the winter of 1781-1782; a dispute between General John Sullivan and Edmund Burke; McDougall's court martial on charges preferred by General William Heath; recruiting; the court of inquiry into the loss of Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery; Tadeusz Kosciuszko's plans for a hospital at West Point; the building of fortifications at West Point; and the settlement of McDougall's estate. Some of his more frequent correspondents were General Philip Schuyler, the New York Committee of Safety, General Thomas Conway, Governor George Clinton, General William Heath, General Samuel H. Parsons, General John Paterson, General Israel Putnam, General George Washington, Colonel Hugh Hughes, General John Sullivan, Governor Jonathan Trumbull, General Nathanael Greene, and, wrting from Montreal and Three Rivers in 1775-1776, Captain William Goforth. Accompanied by a box containing a calendar (incomplete) and some typed copies of letters.

3.2 linear feet (8 boxes, 1 oversize)

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