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George Washington to Major General Alexander McDougall, 16 December 1778

George Washington to
Major General Alexander McDougall

[Middlebrook, New Jersey] December 16, 1778. Asks for McDougall’s opinion on kind and number of ships necessary to destroy enemy’s naval force on Lake Ontario.

Df, in writings of George Washington and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

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    George Washington to Major General Alexander McDougall, 16 December 1778
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    Washington, George
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    McDougall, Alexander
    Date
    16 December 1778

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    “George Washington to Major General Alexander McDougall, 16 December 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0679. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 599.]

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