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Letter from Colonel McDougall to Col. Lasher, directing him to proceed with his Battalion to Jamaica, in Queen's County, and arrest the Tories and secure their arms. [1775-09-25] McDougall, Alexander, Colonel. [S4-V3-p0795] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
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New-York, September 25, 1775.
SIR:Last Saturday, several members of the Committee of Safety went to Queen' s County, in order to obtain arms, agreeable to the enclosed resolution, without force. I have since been well informed that many persons in that County are in arms, to oppose the execution of the resolution. You are therefore, with your Battalion, to proceed, as soon as possible, to Jamaica, with two or three days' provisions; and if you find any opposition given to the execution of the resolution, by force, in that County, you are to repel force to force, and secure those in arms, and apprehend all such as you shall find, upon good information, have been leaders in opposing the measures of the Continental and Provincial Congresses. But you are to avoid, as much as possible, the effusion of blood; and not to destroy the property of any man, under any pretence whatsoever; nor to offer the least violence to such as shall peaceably submit to the resolution of the Committee of Safety; and in all other respects strictly to regard the said resolution as the rule of your conduct. I am, Sir, your humble servant,
ALEXANDER MCDUGALL.
To Colonel John Lasher.
Colonel McDougall to Colonel Lasher