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Title: Meade, Richard Kidder to Alexander McDougall, 1779 June 21; No. 932 Richard Kidder Meade to Alexander McDougall
Identifier(s): text:353499
Description: Instructs him to order two boats to New Windsor, [N.Y.] for [George Washington].
Creator: Meade, Richard Kidder, 1746-1805et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786; Washington, George, 1732-1799
Date: 1779-06-21; 2023

Title: Marble, Henry to Luke Drury, 1782 January 22; No. 879 Henry Marble to Luke Drury
Identifier(s): text:353716
Description: Informs him that Gen. [Alexander] McDougall was arrested by Gen. [William] Heath and is a candidate for general court-martial; informs him that thirty prisoners escaped from the "New Stone provost" and that the commander of the guard was arrested, tried, and reprimanded in general orders; mentions that they still have no money; informs him that provisions are now issued under a new system and that West Point is supplied by Comfort Sands and Company and describes a ration of provisions; mentions that all the troops who have not had smallpox are to be inoculated immediately.
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Armies--Commissariat; Smallpox; Inoculation; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786; Heath, William, 1737-1814; Sands, Comfort, 1748-1834
Date: 1782-01-22; 2023

Title: McDougal, Alexander to Udny Hay, 1779 September 3; McDougal, Alexander, 1732-1786 to Udny Hay
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:21516
Description: Letter from Alexander McDougall to Udny Hay. West Point - Acknowledging favors of 31st ult. and 2d inst. Questions of complaints made against Mr. Bancker of his not furnishing wood and straw for the troops and the sick.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Quartermasters; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786; Hay, Udny
Date: 1779-09-03; 2022

Title: McDougal, Alexander to Nathanael Greene, 1779 March 24; McDougal, Alexander, 1732-1786 to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:21531
Description: Letters from Alexander McDougall to Nathanael Greene. Headquarters, Peekskill - Acknowledging favor of 11th ult. Grand Army left everything in chaos. General Greene's department in the best state. Detention of intrenching tools. Dissipation and luxury in Philadelphia; its consequences. Congress of New York aim to do everything with small results. Works at West Point retarded for want of carpenters. Hard worked; leads Spartan life. Affairs in Georgia cannot prosper until people recover from their panic. Wants to know what Congress is doing with General Arnold. Alliance with France. Expectations not sanguine from that quarter; America must, under God, rely on herself; she must pay her own debts and restore her currency.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Mobilizing the Populace; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States. Continental Army--Military life; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects; Carpenters; Quartermasters; Military camps; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-03-24; 2022

Title: McDougal, Alexander to John Bancker, 1779 February 16; McDougal, Alexander, 1732-1786 to John Bancker
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:23536
Description: Letter from Alexander McDougall to John Bancker. Peekskill - Expects him to be at Peekskill in two days to continue a fortnight in a situation there. He is to give orders to his deputies to transact his business faithfully in his absence.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786; Bancker, John
Date: 1779-02-16; 2022

Title: Fallon, James to Alexander McDougall, 1779 March 8; Fallon, James to Alexander McDougall
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24016
Description: Letter from James Fallon to Alexander McDougall. Fishkill - Calling upon General McDougall, as the supreme military commander of the station, to redress the evils which Mr. Bancker's indolence, inactivity, inattention, neglect and utter incapacity to do the duties of the post, has brought upon them. The poor sick have suffered most, being shamefully neglected in the articles of wood and straw. They would all have perished had not Colonel Hay come to his assistance.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects; Fallon, James; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786
Date: 1779-03-08; 2022

Title: Greene, Nathanael to Alexander McDougal, 1779 March 21; McDougal, Alexander, 1732-1786 from Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:21565
Description: Letter from Nathanael Greene to McDougall Alexander. Smith's Tavern - Enclosing copy of letter from Colonel Hugh Hughes, respecting a blacksmith; both General Washington's and General Parsons' opinion that he ought to be removed; as the appointment was given him by General McDougall, wishes first his opinion on the subject.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Political Philosophy; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Quartermasters; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Political aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-06-21; 2022

Title: McDougal, Alexander to John Bancker, 1779 March 6; McDougal, Alexander, 1732-1786 to John Bancker
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24175
Description: Letter from Alexander McDougall to John Bancker. Peekskill - His express orders to Mr. Bancker to pay for all wagons contracted in his department, to obviate the double expense of their going to Philadelphia for the money, and also to consider himself Barrackmaster wherever the greatest number of troops are cantoned, from Poughkeepsie to Croton.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States. Continental Army--Military life; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; Wagons; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786; Bancker, John
Date: 1779-03-06; 2022

Title: McDougal, Alexander to John Bancker, 1778 December 13; McDougal, Alexander, 1732-1786 to John Bancker
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:23509
Description: Letter from Alexander McDougall to John Bancker. Fishkill - Ordering him to proceed to Poughkeepsie and prepare for the reception of Colonel Jackson's regiment. Orders respecting a supply of wood for the troops. Advises him to appoint a deputy to assist him; also to choose the best road for the troops to march by.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States. Continental Army--Military life; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786; Bancker, John
Date: 1778-12-13; 2022

Title: Lee, Richard Henry to [Thomas Jefferson], 1776 November 3; B J35.x10. Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16751
Description: A transcription of a letter from Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson informing him that he had heard the Jefferson had declined a seat in Congress. Lee describes the current happenings in the War including his thoughts on the Battle of Valcour Island where Benedict Arnold and the United States Navy were defeated as well as Alexander McDougall's brigade. Lee writes that he believes that the "quarrel" between Spain and Portugal and Russian Naval moments will benefit the United States in their war with Britain. He writes about the gossip in Congress, presumably, about him. Lee describes his ideas and concerns about the need for ships and sailors. He suggests the conscription of "Orphan and poor Children" ("bound to the Sea"). He moves on to describe creating safe ports and increasing the protection of ports. He also describes access to timber and making cannons. He concludes by writing, "[l]et us have Cannon, Small Arms, gun powder, and industry; we shall be secure—But it is in vain to have good systems of Government and good Laws, if we are exposed to the ravage of the Sword, without means of resisting. [...] I do not think our armed Vessels can be so well [em]ployed in any other business as in m[aking] two or three trips to the French and Dutch Islands for these necessaries, carrying Tobacco and fine flour to purchase them."; Recipient's copy at the Library of Congress, this is a transcription.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Child labor; Child labor--United States; Impressment--United States--History--18th century; Draft--United States; United States. Navy--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Valcour Island, Battle of, N.Y., 1776; West Indies--Commerce--United States; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Children; Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786
Date: 1776-11-03; 2022

Title: George Weedon Orderly Book, 1777-1778
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1460
Description: The Valley Forge Orderly Book contains records of General, Divisional, and Brigade orders received under the command of George Weedon between August 25, 1777 and May 7, 1778. Evocative of the hardships faced by the Continental Army during the bitter winter of 1777-1778, the orderly book records orders relating to duties, disciplinary matters, promotions, and desertions. The orderly book also includes a plan of battle for the Battle of Germantown, 1777, and plans for the troops at Mount Holly (November 1777) and what appears to be Whitemarsh (November 1777). It also includes several illustrations of troop formations and an insert of an 1897 Valley Forge map.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Lived Experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Clothing and dress; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Desertions; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women; United States. Continental Army--Military life; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; White Marsh, Battle of, 1777; Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777; Soldiers--Medical care--United States; Smallpox; Inoculation (Founding); Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Alexander, William, 1726-1783; Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792; Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789; Craik, James, 1730-1814; Febiger, Christian, 1746-1796; Fraser, Simon; Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; Grayson, William, 1736-1790; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834; Maxwell, William; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786; Mease, James, 1771-1846; Mercer, Hugh, approximately 1725-1777; Mercer, Hugh Tennant Weedon, 1776-1853; Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807; Pułaski, Kazimierz, 1747-1779; Stevens, Edward; Sullivan, John, 1740-1795; Varnum, James M. (James Mitchell), 1748-1789; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Weedon, George, 1734-1793; Wood, James, 1741-1813; Woodford, William, 1734-1780
Date: 1777-1778; 2022