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From George Washington to Major General Alexander McDougall, 4 July 1779

To Major General Alexander McDougall

Head Quarters New Windsor 4th July 1779.

Dear Sir

To day being the anniversary of independence you will be pleased to have it taken notice of by discharging thirteen peices of cannon at one oClock.1

I wish we had it in our power to distribute a portion of rum to the Soldiers, to exhilerate their spirits upon the occasion; but unfortunately our stock is too scanty to permit.2 I am Dear Sir Your most Obedt servt

Go: Washington

P.S. Major Beauman3 told me yesterday he had some damaged powder, this had best be made use of.

LS, in Caleb Gibbs’s writing, NNPM; Df, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. See General Orders, this date.

2. For the army’s rum shortage, see GW to McDougall, 28 June, and n.1 to that document.

3. GW is referring to Maj. Sebastian Bauman.

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    “From George Washington to Major General Alexander McDougall, 4 July 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-21-02-0287. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 21, 1 June–31 July 1779, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, p. 351.]

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