151To Brigadier General Alexander McDougall or the Officer Commanding the Detachment Marching from Peekskill, 14 September … (Washington Papers)
I have just reciev’d the inclosed information from General Dickinson through Congress, and in consequence, desire that you will, if the Enemy should appear in force and have more in view than to plunder and distress the Country, join Genl Dickinson with the detachment under your command and give every opposition to the Enemy in their march through the Jersey’s you possibly can. The public...