MCDOUGALL, ALEXANDER

məkdooˈgəl, 1731–86, American Revolutionary political leader and general, b. Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. He was taken (1738) as a child to New York. He became a fiery opponent of British restrictions on trade and helped to form the Sons of Liberty in New York City. In 1770 he was arrested on the charge of having written a seditious broadside. In 1774 he presided over the meeting that decided to send New York delegates to the Continental Congress. He served in the army throughout the Revolution and was notable in the battles of White Plains and Germantown and in the fighting in New Jersey. In 1780, after Benedict Arnold's treason, McDougall succeeded to the charge of West Point. After the war he was (1781–82, 1784–85) a member of Congress from New York.

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books on: Mcdougall Alexander  - 482 results

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Alexander Hamilton: Portrait in Paradox
Book by John C. Miller; Harper & Brothers, 1959
Subjects: Hamilton, Alexander--1757-1804
...MSS., American Philosophical Society Hamilton, Alexander, MSS., Library of Congress Harper, Robert Goodloe...Livingston, Edward, MSS., New York Historical Society McDougall, Alexander, MSS., New York Historical Society McHenry, James...
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The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton: Based Chiefly upon Original Family Letters and Other Documents, Many of Which Have Never Been Published
Book by Allan McLane Hamilton; Charles Scribners Sons, 1911
Subjects: Hamilton, Alexander--1757-1804
...after death, 415 ; in Yorktown, 141 . Hamilton, Alexander, Jr., 210 ; Dr., 224 . Hamilton, Angelica...297 . Louis Philippe, 239 . McComb, John, 338 . McDougall, Alexander, 23 , 154 . McEvers and Bayard, 165 . McHenry...
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Alexander Hamilton: Youth to Maturity, 1755-1788
Book by Broadus Mitchell; Macmillan, 1957
Subjects: Hamilton, Alexander--1757-1804
...3 , 5 , 15 , 16 , 18 ; on age of H, 12; sells "Grange" plantation, 14 Lytton, Peter, 3 , 14 , 17 , 18 Mcdougall, Alexander, 60 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 79 -80, 182 , 193 , 292 , 296 , 347 -8, 351 McHenry, James, 106 , 113 , 159 , 166...
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Alexander Hamilton: the Revolutionary Years
Book by North Callahan, Broadus Mitchell; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1970
Subjects: Hamilton, Alexander--1757-1804
...battle of, 15 ff., 17 , 18 Liston, Robert, 325 LOuverture, Toussaint, 366 -367 Lovell, James, 103 , 117 McDougall, Alexander, 5 , 23 , 70 -71, 100 , 102 , 252 , 288 , 289 , 292 , 295 McHenry, James, 54 , 61 , 147 , 165 , 200 , 202...
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Selected Writings and Speeches of Alexander Hamilton
Book by Morton J. Frisch, Alexander Hamilton; American Enterprises Institute for Public Policy Research, 1985
Subjects: United States--Politics And Government--1775-1783, United States--Politics And Government--1783-1809
...acquainted with the several branches. General Schuyler whom you mentioned would make an excellent President of War, General McDougall a very good President of Marine. Mr. Robert Morris would have many things in his favour for the department of finance...
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journal articles on: Mcdougall Alexander  - 100 results

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The Old and New Testaments in U.S. Foreign Policy: McDougall and American Identity
Journal article by Michael P. Federici; Humanitas, Vol. 23, 2010
Subjects: American identity--Analysis, Foreign policy--Analysis, Historians--Criticism and interpretation, Historians--Influence, Historians--Works, McDougall, Walter Allan--Criticism and interpretation, McDougall, Walter Allan--Influence, McDougall, Walter Allan--Works, United States foreign relations--History
...Testaments in U.S. Foreign Policy: McDougall and American Identity. by Michael P...American history. In all three volumes McDougall avoids a one-sided, ideological portrayal...diplomatic traditions in American history that McDougall divides into two groups of four. The...
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Changing the Tutorial Experience in Introductory Economics
Journal article by W Robert J Alexander, R Stuart Mcdougall; New Zealand Economic Papers, Vol. 37, 2003
...Economics. by W Robert J Alexander , R Stuart McDougall 1. Introduction Becker...37, 5-70. W Robert J Alexander and R Stuart McDougall (+) * (+) Department...correspondence: Dr Robert Alexander, Department of Economics...
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'The Backside of the Universe': McDougall's Throes of Democracy
Journal article by Richard M. Gamble; Humanitas, Vol. 23, 2010
Subjects: Historians--Criticism and interpretation, Historians--Influence, Historians--Works, McDougall, Walter Allan--Criticism and interpretation, McDougall, Walter Allan--Influence, McDougall, Walter Allan--Works, Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era, 1829-1877 (Nonfiction work)--Criticism and interpretation
...Hitchcocks Rear Window. Walter McDougall quotes from this passage about...entire paragraph, from which McDougall quotes just over half, makes...and hypocrisy. Instead, McDougall shows us a more human, recognizable...holds the Anna Margaret Ross Alexander Chair in History and Political...
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Australia's Peacekeeping Role in the Post-Cold War Era
Journal article by Derek Mcdougall; Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 24, 2002
Subjects: Australia--International relations, Australian foreign relations, Peacekeeping forces--Political aspects
...Cold War Era. by Derek McDougall Introduction In the...and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer have emphasized...being Foreign Minister. Alexander Downer and John Howard...Society, 8 May 1997; and Alexander Downer, "A focus on...Ibid., p. 52. DEREK McDOUGALL IS an Associate Professor...
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Australia and Asia-Pacific Security Regionalism: From Hawke and Keating to Howard
Journal article by Derek Mcdougall; Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 23, 2001
Subjects: Australia--Safety and security measures, Australian foreign relations--Pacific Area, Hawke, Robert--Political activity, Howard, John--Political activity, International relations--Australia, Keating, P.J.--Political activity, National security--Australia, Pacific Area
...Hawke and Keating to Howard. by DEREK MCDOUGALL Both the Hawke and Keating Labor governments...regionalism, more generally Foreign Minister Alexander Downer expressed the difference well...followed a very similar policy. DEREK McDOUGALL is an Associate Professor in the Department...
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magazine articles on: Mcdougall Alexander  - 21 results

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A Fragile Machine: California Senator John Conness
Magazine article by Robert Denning; California History, Vol. 85, September 2008
Subjects: Conness, John--Biography, Legislators--Biography, Senators--Biography
...Russell Buchanan, "James A. McDougall: A Forgotten Senator," California...52) Buchanan, "James A. McDougall," 209. (53) Wesley S. Griswold...Not Exactly a Hero: James Alexander McDougall in the United States Senate...
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Last of the Whalebacks
Magazine article by Steven A. Wilkens; Sea Classics, Vol. 37, October 2004
...prospective ship owner told Captain Alexander McDougall when the captain approached the...the first pigboat were drawn by McDougall in 1881. A patent for "Whaleback...As 101 hit the water, Mrs. McDougall turned to her sister-in-law...
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S-o-s: Save the Whaleback Meteor
Magazine article by Judith Liebaert; Sea Classics, Vol. 38, October 2005
...its snout-like bow, that her designer, Capt. Alexander McDougall, could find no investors to back him. "You call...McDougalls whalebacks. With Rockefellers backing, McDougall founded the American Steel Barge Company and, in...
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They Made America
Magazine article by Ross Douthat; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 298, December 2006
Subjects: Businesspeople--Investments, Businesspeople--Management, Entrepreneurs--Investments, Entrepreneurs--Management, Entrepreneurship--Investments, Entrepreneurship--Management
...certain questions. Our panelist Walter McDougall, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania...the book that caused the Great War," McDougall points out, "but only because abolitionists...Madison Avenue guide to consumer trends," McDougall says, with Michael Crichton outstripping...
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Lifeguards Had No Training or Policy for Dialing 911
Magazine article by James C. Kozlowski; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 33, December 1998
Subjects: Cities, Cleveland Ohio, Emergency communications systems, Employment training programs, Lifeguards, Ohio, State court decisions, Supreme Court-Ohio, Swimming accidents & safety
...in the city of Clevelands Alexander Hamilton indoor swimming pool...summer swim season at the Alexander Hamilton indoor swimming pool...yearround physical director; Mark McDougall, who was hired as a summer...chair at the deep end, while McDougall watched the shallow end of...
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newspaper articles on: Mcdougall Alexander  - 84 results

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The Curse of the Blood Rubies; They Are the Most Expensive Gems per Carat on Earth - and Burma Is Blessed with an Abundance of Them. the Trade in Burmese Rubies Is Banned, but as a Live Investigation Discovers, the Country's Corrupt Military Junta Is Forcing People to Mine Them in Slave-Labour Conditions to Line Their Own Pockets - and Business Is Booming REPORT BY DAN MCDOUGALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBIN HAMMOND
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 19, 2010
Subjects: Gems--Military aspects, Gems--Reports, Juntas--Military aspects, Juntas--Reports, Precious stones--Military aspects, Precious stones--Reports
...and Business Is Booming REPORT BY DAN MCDOUGALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBIN HAMMOND. Byline: REPORT BY DAN MCDOUGALL Beneath a shroud of grey moonlight the...these gems have held a fateful allure. Alexander The Great reputedly ordered his male...
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Milkman's Son Who Fired U.S. Revolution
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 3, 2011
Subjects: McDougall, Alexander
...worlds most powerful nation. Alexander McDougall rose through the ranks to become...York. But while memorials to McDougall have long been fixtures in New...life of this greatest of Ilich. McDougall died in New York in 1786, aged...
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Tragic Louise Dreamed of Paradise but She Died at the Hands of a Jilted Lover
Newspaper article by Derek Alexander, John Mceachran; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), January 3, 1999
...a Jilted Lover. by Derek Alexander , JOHN McEACHRAN SHE jetted...met maracas seller Steadroy McDougall at a family wedding when a...on Christmas Day, spurned McDougall visited her new flat and begged...identification. Louise first met McDougall on the tropical island at...
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On the Record; Stats
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 9, 2006
...Hamilton - Ferguson, Frew, Brown, Wright (Graham), McDougall, Alexander, McDowall, Fairlie, Deeney (McManus), McAdams...the 1960s. Was a TV drama made about it? Duncan McDougall, Grenock. A In 1997 there was a TV drama called...
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Hey Jim
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 13, 1998
...Mirren - Thomson, Clarke, Hamilton, McCormack, Fulton, Abercromby, Fitzpatrick, McAvennie, McDougall, Cooper, Scanlon. Subs - Alexander, Jarvie. Dundee Utd - McAlpine, Kirkwood, Stark, Gough, Hegarty, Narey, Bannon, Milne...
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encyclopedia articles on: Mcdougall Alexander  - 4 results

 
 
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Mcdougall, Alexander
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MCDOUGALL, ALEXANDER m kdoo g l, 1731 86, American Revolutionary political leader and...fighting in New Jersey. In 1780, after Benedict Arnolds treason, McDougall succeeded to the charge of West Point. After the war he was (1781...
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American Revolution
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Colonial political theorists not only radicals such as Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Josiah Quincy (1744 75), and Alexander McDougall but also moderates such as John Dickinson , John Adams , and Benjamin Franklin asserted that taxation without representation...
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Sons of Liberty
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...lawyers, journalists, and others who would be most affected by the Stamp Act. The leaders included John Lamb and Alexander McDougall in New York, and Samuel Adams and James Otis in New England. The societies kept in touch with each other through...
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Psychology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hume . David Hartley , James Mill , John Stuart Mill , and Alexander Bain stressed the relation of physiology to psychology, an...Social psychology, developed by British psychologists William McDougall and Havelock Ellis , studies the effects of various social...


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