Lieutenant William Keugh (b. 1732) was an Irish-born officer in the British army during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. Serving as Adjutant for the 44th Regiment of Foot, Keugh wrote Report of British Officer to His Majesty from Camp at German Town 28th of Setptemr. 1777, which chronicles the Philadelphia campaign of 1777, including descriptions of the Battles of Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown.
Recommends his nephew George Stevenson, Jr., whose health will not permit him to undergo the fatigue of another winter campaign, as a lieutenant in one of the companies to be raised to guard the stores in Carlisle.; American Philosophical Society
Communicated by Jefferson, with note attirbuting to William Thornton, as taken from Little Turtle and William Wells, the translator. Manuscript copied from a Jefferson standard vocabulary, with entries from two informants in different columns, with orthography explained in advance and peculiarities noted. "Taken at the City of Washington in part from Little Turtle, but principally from Capt. Wells, the Interpreter."
