(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) MCDOUGALL ALEXANDER Letter Signed

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) MCDOUGALL, ALEXANDER. Letter Signed, to Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Burr, praising Colonel Drake's militia, instructing him to arm them, ordering him to let all provisions through, writes that plunderers will be tried and punished, and inquiring about an illegal sale of a horse. 2 pages, folded small 4to sheet with integral address leaf; minor foxing and staining. Peekskill, 11 March 1779

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". . . the militia of Colonel Drake's are good men, arm them of General Patterson's and I will replace them to him . . . The old General is not a Civilian. Send Colonel Emerick the inclsd Copy of the Horseman's Deposition. Stop no Provisions . . . The plunderers will be punish'd on the Lines, but tried here. The names of the witnesses are wanting . . . Give me the true History of the Facts relative to the Mare, sold by Wattles. He quibbles. Did he know the printed orders? Was she sold comformable? . . ."<