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McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02783 Author/Creator: McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: 16 November 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 19.4 cm, Width: 16.3 cm Order a Copy

Mentions that his guard has left with Brigadier Jackson's regiment, and "requests that General Knox will order a Corporal and eight Men to his [McDougall's] quarters, six of them to be acquainted with rowing."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786

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