George Washington to Major General Alexander McDougall, 14 August 1779

George Washington to
Major General Alexander McDougall

[West Point] August 14, 1779. Asks McDougall to accompany Brigadier Generals Henry Knox and Louis Le Bèque Du Portail “to ascertain the number of cannon.”

Df, in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

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Title: George Washington to Major General Alexander McDougall, 14 August 1779
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: McDougall, Alexander
Date: 14 August 1779

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Cite as: “George Washington to Major General Alexander McDougall, 14 August 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0392. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 131.]

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