McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839 to John Armstrong
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02504.30 Author/Creator: McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Letter signed Date: 1814/03/08 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 26 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy
Writes to Secretary of War Armstrong to inform him that since he has not received orders and has finished as a witness in the trial of General William Hull, he will travel to Ohio. McArthur was then a brigadier general. Hull had bloodlessly surrendered Fort Detroit in August, 1812, during the War of 1812, and was charged with cowardice and treason.
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