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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02688 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0067] 11-20 October 1783 |
Title | Alexander McDougall to Henry Knox requesting supplies and passing on gossip |
Date | 19 October 1783 |
Author | McDougall, Alexander (1732-1786) |
Recipient | Knox, Henry |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Asks Knox to order and send him supplies including nails, paint, and screws. Wonders if one of Knox's artificers can help him hang a new bell he has acquired to summon his servants. Also mentions that "This fellow [most likely referring to Colonel Hopkins] I am well informed has had a Bastard with a negro wench; and when I was lately in Dutcess County, a Muleto woman was shewn to me, by Mr Benson, that is reputed as his Daughter..." Jokes about having an officer write a song about the situation. - McDougall also mentions Hopkins in the context of "the Great Question of Commutation" (soldiers' pay). |
Subjects | African American History Revolutionary War General Military History Military Camp Military Supplies Continental Army Sexuality Corruption and Scandal Women's History Children and Family Art, Music, Theater, and Film Soldier's Pay Pension Finance |
People | McDougall, Alexander (1732-1786) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Place written | Highlands, New York |
Theme | Government & Politics; African Americans; Children & Family |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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