Opinion of the court martial respecting Major General McDougall, 1782.

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Opinion of the court martial respecting Major General McDougall, 1782.

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Orderly book, mostly taken up with an account of Alexander McDougall's court martial, which ended with his acquittal on all but one charge, dated from headquarters in Newburgh, August 28, 1782. It also contains a few general orders, and the back of the volume contains a list of household furniture dated August 17, 1785.

1 v. (27 p.)

New-York Historical Society

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McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786

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Alexander McDougall (1732 – 9 June 1786) was a Scottish-born American seaman, merchant, a Sons of Liberty leader from New York City before and during the American Revolution, and a military leader during the Revolutionary War. He served as a major general in the Continental Army, and as a delegate to the Continental Congress. After the war, he was the president of the first bank in the state of New York and served a term in the New York State Senate. Born on the Isle of Islay, in the Inner He...

United States. Continental Army. Court-martial (McDougall : 1782)

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General in the Continental Army; court-martialed on charges of insubordination to William Heath. From the description of Opinion of the court martial respecting Major General McDougall, 1782. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58770282 ...