Macdonald, John. Interview with McLean, Donald; (1850). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1029. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).

- Hufeland Index Page 1007 - Donald McLean, of 34th Street between 7th & 8th Avenues, 2nd house from 8th Avenue in the row. "I knew Captain James Stuart well about the years 1794, 5, 6, & 7, when I first lived in New York. At that time he kept a grocery store at Whitehall. The way he obtained his com- -mission was this: He appeared before - Hufeland Index Page 1008 - Congress …

or brandy which he poured out and was about to add some water when Stuart inter- -fered, saying "These, Governor, are all thorough going men; they like purity in all things, and do nothing by halves. Spirits they drink by itself, and water by itself. They and their friends were as great rebels in 1745 and you were in 1776." A Presbyterian friend named McIntosh once persuaded …