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McLean, Donald
John M. McDonald interview — 1849-10-23
From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
Donald McLean notes that Captain Archibald Campbell, a resident of Dutchess County at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, was a native of Scotland who had served in the British army during the French and Indian War. Campbell returned to British service, and was killed during a skirmish at Ward’s House in present-day Tuckahoe on March 16, 1777. McLean states that a number of Scottish officers who had served in the French and Indian War settled in Fredericksburgh, a community in present-day Patterson, New York.
Donald McLean notes that Captain Archibald Campbell, a resident of Dutchess County at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, was a native of Scotland who had served in the British army during the French and Indian War. Campbell returned to British service, and was killed during a skirmish at Ward’s House in present-day Tuckahoe on March 16, 1777. McLean states that a number of Scottish officers who had served in the French and Indian War settled in Fredericksburgh, a community in present-day Patterson, New York.
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- Hufeland Index Page 910 -
1849 1849 October 23d Donald McLean, of 34th St. between 7th & 8th Avenues – house one of a long row, nearest but one to the 8th Avenue: “Capt. Archibald Campbell of Dutchess County, killed at Ward’s house had been a British officer who had served in the old French or Seven Years’ War. Most of the Scotch officers who settled at Fredericksburgh had also served in the same war, &c. By the treaty the property of officers in the service was not to be confiscated.”
Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.
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