Episode Summary

British General Henry Clinton finds himself under increasing pressure from his own officers to resign command. General Washington approves an attempt to kidnap King George III's son in New York. Continental General Alexander McDougall faces a court martial.Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode.Book Recommendation of the Week: American Revolutionary: A Biography of General Alexander McDougall, by William MacDougall.Online Recommendation of the Week: “General Orders, 28 August 1782,” Founders Online, National Archives [findings of court martial], https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/99-01-02-09275Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcastAsk your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.comJoin the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcastJoin the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcastSupport this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcastor via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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