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	John Macomb, Sr. diss. abstract    born: 1717 Antrim, Ireland.    Father of Alexander, Sr.    from: Isabella Swan's The Deep Roots.
	Alexander Macomb, Sr. bibliography    born: July 27, 1748 Antrim, Ireland.    died: January 19, 1831 Georgetown, DC.    from: T. P. Hall's Family Records.
	Alexander Macomb, Sr. (1748-1831) treaty    crayon drawing 1797    by St. Memin    from: Isabella Swan's The Deep Roots.
	Mary Catherine (Navarre) Macomb.    born: April 12, 1757 Detroit, MI.    died: November 17, 1789 New York, NY.    from: T. P. Hall's Family Records.
	Mary Catherine (Navarre) Macomb.    Daughter of Robert de Navarre.    Married Alexander, Sr. in 1773.    from: Isabella Swan's The Deep Roots.
	Mary Catherine (Navarre) Macomb.    minature by John Ramage (circa 1748-1802), owned by Mrs. Macomb's    Gdau. Alexandrine Navarre (Wilson) Trumbull    from: History of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration.
	Sarah Jane (Dring) Macomb. (1765-1849)    Mrs. William Macomb (m. 07/18/1789, Detroit)    Aunt and Mother-in-Law of Gen. Macomb    from: Isabella Swan's The Deep Roots.
	Capt. John Navarre Macomb, Sr. (NYC 1796-7)    born: 7 Mar 1774, Detroit, MI    died: 9 Nov 1810, on British packet "Princess Charlotte"    Miles' St. Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile. p. 349.
	Alexander Macomb, Jr. at age 27 (Charleston, 1809)    born: 3 Apr 1782, Detroit, MI    died: 25 Jun 1841, Wash., DC    from: "Portraits by St. Mémin." DAR Magazine (Mar 1916).
	Government House, Detroit. (1703)    Wm. Macomb's House, Gen. Macomb's birthplace    Razed in 1882    from: M. M. Quaife's This is Detroit p 15.
	Gen. Alexander Macomb, Jr.    born: April 03, 1782 Detroit, Mi.    died: June 25, 1841 Washington, DC Letter    Painted by: Samuel L. Waldo (NYC Hall).
	Gen. Alexander Macomb, Jr.    Victor of Plattsburg (War of 1812).    Commanding General, US Army    painted by: Thomas Sully.
	Gen. Alexander Macomb, Jr.    Victor of Plattsburg (War of 1812).    from: John Stillwell Jenkin's    Daring Deeds of American Generals.
	Gen. Alexander Macomb, Jr., at age 43    Head from plaster bust from life mask    By John H. I. Browere (1792-1835)    Owned by the NY State Historical Association.
	Gen. Alexander Macomb, Jr.    Victor of Plattsburg (War of 1812).    from: Charles J. Peterson's    Military Heroes of the War of 1812.
	Gen. Alexander Macomb, Jr.    Engraved by: J.B. Longacre    from: a painting by Thomas Sully    With Macomb's signature.
	Gen. Alexander Macomb, Jr.    Victor of Plattsburg (War of 1812).    Commanding General, US Army    submitted: by Marshall Davies Lloyd.
	Gen. Alexander Macomb, Jr.    Medal for Plattsburg (War of 1812).    later Commanding General, US Army    submitted: by Marshall Davies Lloyd.
	Gen. Alexander Macomb, Jr.    Medal for Plattsburg (War of 1812).    obverse and reverse    from Ben Lossing's Pictoral Book of the War of 1812.
	Gen. Alexander Macomb, Jr.    Medal for Plattsburg (War of 1812).    obverse    photo of my copy at Wikipedia.
	Battle of Plattsburg Centennial (1914).    Obv.: Com. MacDonough & Gen. Macomb    Rev.: Battle of Plattsburg    submitted: H. Joseph Levine.
	Gen. Alexander Macomb, Jr.    Macomb's Monument.    Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.    from Ben Lossing's Pictoral Book of the War of 1812.
	Gen. Alexander Macomb, Jr. detail    Macomb's Monument.    Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. [see findagrave.com]    Photo: 07/20/99. $10K HPF grant
	Macomb's Purchase    Northern New York land pattern, 1790-1815.    A History of New York State, (Cornell U.P., 1961)    D.H. Ellis, J.A. Frost, H.C. Syrett, & H.J. Carman.
	Macomb House on Broadway, NYC (1831)    President George Washington's    residence in 1790 articles    Valentine's Manual of the Common Council of NY, 1853.
	Macomb House on Broadway, NYC    President George Washington's    residence in 1790    Harper's Encyclopedia.
	Alexandrine (Macomb) Stanton (1808-1889).    Mrs. Henry Stanton; m. 12 Feb 1834    died: 3 Feb 1889, Detroit, MI.    from: Isabella E. Swan The Deep Roots p. 341
	Gen. Henry Stanton or Son William (ca. 1800-1805?)    born: 1779 Burlington, VT    died: 1 Aug 1856, Fort Hamilton, NY.    from: Stanton House, Grosse Ile, MI
	Col. John Navarre Macomb (1811-1889)    Col., Corps of Engineers.    USMA Archives; Cullum #675    Army Engineer Museum.
	Ann Minerva "Nannie" Rodgers Macomb (c. 1850)    Mrs. John Navarre Macomb (1826-1916).    Rodgers Family Papers, 1740-1977 (LOC.)    Gift: Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1976.
	Gen. Alexander Macomb's House (c. 1930's)    125 Main Street    Belleville, Essex Co., N.J.    Demolished March, 1940 [HABS-NJ-390].
	Gen. Alexander Macomb's Statue (LOC)    Washington Park [Boulevard] Detroit, MI    State Historical Society of Colorado, 1949    Sculpture: Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870-1952).
	Catherine (Macomb) Mason (1805-1885)    "Mrs. John Mason, Jr. & Son"    by Charles Bird King after Thomas Sully    Courtesy of Board of Regents, Gunston Hall Plantation.
	Col. Alexander Macomb Mason (1841-1897)    Lieutenant, C.S. Navy; Col., Egyptian Army    Maps White Nile to Lake Albert    (1877) discovers Semliki River.
	Front RT: Corp. Daniel Murray Mason (1843-1869)    4th Corporal, Mosby's Raiders, CSA.    born: December 13, 1843    died: July 08, 1869, Lipan, TX.
	Daniel Henry Rucker (1812-1910)    15th Quartermaster General, US Army.    born: April 28, 1812 Belleville, NJ    died: Jan 6 1910, prob. Washington DC.
	Irene (Rucker) Sheridan (1854-1938)    Wife of Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan    born: 1854, Fort Union, NM    died: April 1938, 2211 Massachusetts Avenue N. W., Washington, DC
	Julia Stockton Dinsmore ()        Dinsmore Farm, Boone, KY
	Isabella Selmes (Flandrau) Furguson/Greenway/King (1886-1953)    US Representative for AZ    born: 22 Mar 1886, Dinsmore Farm, Boone, KY    died: December 18, 1953, Tuscon, AZ.
	Arent Schuyler de Peyster (m. Sarah Macomb, the General's sister)    born: 27 Jun 1736    died: 26 Nov 1822    dau. Cornelia m. George Chance
	Alexander Macomb Chance    born: 28 Jun 1844 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England    died: 22 Nov 1917    son of George and Cornelia (de Peyster) Chance

• Arlington Nat. Cem.: Macombs / Masons / Ruckers
• NY History Net: U of Albany
• Grosse Ile: 06/06/1776 deeded by Potawatomi to Wm. and Alex. Macomb.
• Journal of the War of 1812
• War of 1812 in American Military History. (suggested readings)
• McComb family migration route: (Ronald McComb).
• Grosse Ile Historical Society
• Alexander Macomb Sr.
  • Bibliography: Macomb Source list (David B. Dill, Jr.).
  • "The Great Crash (0f 1792)": American Heritage (May-June 1999) by John Steele Gordon.
  • Macombs Dam Bridge: nyclink.org.
  • "William Duer and the Crash of 1792": buyandhold.org.
  • Ballyclare and District Historical Society: Antrim Co., Ireland11/27/01
  • May Fair: Ballyclare, Antrim Co., Ireland11/27/01
  • The White House: Ballyclare, Antrim Co., Ireland11/27/01
  • "The Macombs from Ballynure: Ballyclare and District Historical Society12/09/01
• Gen. Alexander Macomb Jr.
  • Letter: 12/20/1816 to Col. Francis Navarre
  • Statue (motorcitylives.com)
  • Statues: Alexander Macomb and Robert Navarre at the Book/Cadillac Hotel, Detroit
  • Archives of American Art: Adolph Alexander Weinman
  • Monuments and Sculptures in Detroit : Marianne Weldon
  • Florida of the Seminoles
  • Jackson's Exec. Order June 12, 1830
  • Regulation: regarding Uniform and Dress June 21, 1839
  • Eleazer Williams, Mohawk Between Two Worlds: Robert L. Hall
  • Victor at Plattsburgh
  • NSDAR of Mt. Clemens, MI [statue]
  • Funeral on Pennsylvania Ave.
  • Seminole Background
  • Liberty Ship
  • Macomb County, MI
  • Macomb Hall: Plattsburgh, State University of NY
  • Alexander Macomb Letters: Plattsburgh State University College
  • Defense of Plattsburgh: Clinton Co. Comm. College
  • Battle of Lake Champlain: Naval Surface Force (www.surfpac.navy.mil)
  • Battle of Plattsburgh: James P. Millard
  • Battle of Plattsburgh: Theodore Roosevelt's The Naval War of 1812
  • Battle of Plattsburgh: Medalion
  • Battle of Plattsburgh: (galafilm.com)
  • "Second Seminole War:" Star Banner (Earl DeBary)
  • Alexander Macomb Letters: Plattsburgh State University College
  • Save America's Treasures: Macomb's Monument
  • Insignia of the Corps of Egineers: Raleigh B. Buzzaird
  • Treaty of Ft. Wilkinson: Oconee River June 16, 1802
  • Adolph Alexander Weinmann (1870-1952): statue of Alexander Macomb
  • Michigan Markers: Alexander Macomb
  • House Debate: Removal of Cherokees, February 14, 21, 1831
  • Alexander Macomb. Harper's Monthly XXIX, 149.
  • Popular Portraits: Letter regarding the Misssissippi
  • Congressional Medals: Alexander Macomb
  • Ft. Adams: Alexander Macomb visit June 30th, 1836
  • Alexander Macomb: report on Plattsburgh (1812 docs, carlin media)
  • Col. Alexander Macomb: Chief Engineer (June 1, 1821-May 24, 1828)
  • Alexander Macomb: gravesite at findagrave.com
  • Alex Macomb: managers, inaugural ball for Pres. Harrison 3.6MB (loc.gov)
  • De Tocqueville's Boston: Gen. Macomb at flag consecration.
  • A Former Chief Engineer Became the Army's Top General?: US Army Corps of Engineers
  Others:
  • Irene (Rucker) Sheridan (rootsweb.com)
  • Michigan Markers: William Macomb's Mansion House (Grosse Ile)
  • Michigan Markers: Rucker-Stanton House
  • Swiss DeMeuron Regt.: in N. America, 1813-1815
  • Ft. Wetherill: Capt. Alexander Macomb Wetherill
  • Ft. Wetherill: History
  • Charles E. Flandrau:
  • Col. J N Macomb 1877-1882 Commander, Philadelphia District
  • Expedition with John Strong Newberry (1822-1892)
  • Dinsmore Farm James Dinsmore m. Martha Keturah Macomb
  • Christina Livingston (Mrs. John N Macomb) Bedoe Cem., Jerusalem, Yates Co., NY
  • John de Navarre Macomb V: Sheet Music Collection (Princeton.edu)
  • John de Navarre Macomb, V memorial (Princeton Alumni Weekly).
  • David B. Macomb: 3rd Texian Consultation, Nov. 1, 1835
  • McComb/Kereszturi Family Tree.
  • Alexander Macomb Mason: surveys the Nile.
  • Henry Oswald Stanton m. Carolina Elissa Passe
  • "OK's Stangely Named Towns: Macomb, OK" with Gary Horcher, aired 04/03/99 [Real Audio]
  • "The McComb Family: Originally MacIntosh and MacThomas (Jeff McComb)
• Murray McCombs articles and pages.
  • "War of 1812:" I; II
  • "The Battle of Lake Erie"
  • McComb Mini Biographies: (ElecticScotland.com).
• Bibliography

  American Farmer Baltimore, Md.: John S. Skinner, circa 1820 (W&M S1.A4).

  Anthon, Charles Edward. Narrative of the settlement of George Christian Anthon in America and of the Removal of the Family from Detroit, and its Establishment in New York City. New York: Bradstreet Press, April, 1872. (NSDAR Library).

  Armstrong, Margaret. Five generations : life and letters of an American family, 1750-1900. New York: Harper & Bros., 1930. (Ancestry.com)

  Bell, William Gardner. "Alexander Macomb (1782-1841)." Chap. in Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff, 1775-1991: portraits & biographical sketches of the United States Army's senior officer. Washington, DC: Center of Military History, U.S. Army: For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., 1999. (US Army CMH).

  Brown, William H. Portrait Gallery Of Distinguished American Citizens With Biographical Sketches And Fac-Similes Of Original Letters. New York: G.A. Baker, 1931.

  Buzzaird, Raleigh B. "Insignia of The Corps of Engineers." The Military Engineer. 42, No. 286: 101-105.

  Cooper, Samuel (June 12 1798-December 3, 1876). A Concise System of Instructions and Regulations for the Militia and Volunteers of the United States, Comprehending the Exercises and Movements of the Infantry, Light Infantry, and Riflemen; Cavalry and Artillery:  Together with the manner of doing duty in Garrison and in Camp, and for the forms of Parades, Reviews, and Inspections, as established...for the government of the Regular Army.  Prepared and Arranged by Brevet Captain S. Cooper, Aid de Camp and Assistant Adjutant General.  Under the Supervision of Major General Alexander Macomb, Commanding the Army of the United States. Philadelphia: Robert P. Desilver, 1836.

  Chittenden, Martin, Gov. of Vermont. Correspondence Relative to Detaching the Militia . [In compliance with H. C. Dennisison's Resolution]. Montpelier, Vt.: Walton and Gross, Oct 1814.

  Daily National Intelligencer. Washington, DC: Joseph Gales, June 28, 1841.

  Dewick, Sarah A. Ancestry of John S. Gustin and his wife Susan McComb, including an account of John Hubbard, second husband of Elinor Shepherd. Boston: David Clap & Son. 1900.

  Denissen, Christian. Genealogy of the French River Families of the Detroit River Region 1701-1936. Ed. Harold F. Powell. Detroit: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Rev. 1987. (ISBN 0-943112-02-8).

  Denissen, Christian. Navarre, or Researches after the Descendants of Robert Navarre, Whose Ancestors are the Noble Bourbons of France, and Some Historical Notes on Families Who Intermarried with Navarres. Detroit: 1897. (Higginson books).

  Dill, David Jr. "Portrait of an Opportunist: The Life of Alexander Macomb." Watertown Daily Times. 9, 16, 23 September 1990.

  Everest, Allan S. "Alexander Macomb at Plattsburgh, 1814." New York History 44:no.4 (Oct 1963): 307-335 (W&M F116 .N865).

  Everest, Allan S. The Military Career of Alexander Macomb and Alexander Macomb at Plattsburgh. Plattsburgh, NY: Clinton County Historical Association, 1989. (CCHS). LC 89-62239.

  Gillet, Ransom H. "Alexander Macomb." Section 35 in Democracy in the United States. What it has done, what it is doing, and what it will do. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1868. Page 65.

  Hall, Theodore Parsons. Family Records of Theodore Parsons Hall and Alexandrine Louise Godfroy, of "Tonnancour," Grosse Pointe, near Detroit Michigan, including brief accounts of the St. Auburn, Scott-Gordon, Irvine-Orr, and Navarre-Macomb Families. Detroit: Wm. C. Heath, 1892. (NEHGS.org).

  Hamlin, Marie Caroline Watson. Legends of Le Détroit. Detroit: Thorndike Nourse, 1884; Reprint, Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1977.

  Herring, James and James Barton Longacre Eds. " Alexander Macomb." Chap. in The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans: With Biographical Sketches. Vol. 4. Philadelphia: Robert E. Peterson & Co., 1853.

  Jacobson, Judy. Detroit River Connections. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1994. (ISBN 9994259040).

  Jenkins, John S. (John Stillwell), 1818-1852. "Alexander Macomb (1782-1841)." Chap. in Daring Deeds of American Generals, 295-322. New-York : A. A. Kelley, 1857. (William & Mary Library).

  Jenkins, John S. (John Stillwell), 1818-1852. "Alexander Macomb (1782-1841)." Chap. in The Lives of Distinguished American Generals in the Last War With Great Britain. Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1850.

  [Macomb, Alexander, Jr.] Pontiac: or The Siege of Detroit. A drama, in three acts. Boston: Samuel Colman, 1835.

  Macomb, Alexander, Jr. A Treatise on Martial Law & Courts-Martial as Practiced in the United States of America: by Maj. Alexander Macomb Charleston, S.C.: U.S. Military Philosophical Society, 1809.

  Macomb, Alexander, Jr. The Practice of Courts Martial: by Maj. Alexander Macomb N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1841.

  Macomb, Alexander, Jr. Order No. 16: "The Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Washington is at Hand." Washington, DC. February 15, 1832.

  Macomb, Henry Alexander. Rev. by P. H. K. McComb. Macomb Family Record: being an account of the family since the settlement in America. Camden, New Jersey: Sinnickson Chew, & Sons, 1917 (Higginson books); CD-ROM, Quintin Publications.)

  McGraw, Bill. "Slavery is a quiet part of city's past: Prominent historical figures [e.g. William Macomb] played key role in complex, painful era." Detroit Free Press February 22, 2001.

  Miles, Ellen G[ross]. [Charles Balthazar Julien Fèvret de] Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America. Ed. Dru Dowdy. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. (LC: NE650.S33 A4 1994)

  Miller, Agnes. "The Macomb House: Presidential Mansion." Michigan History 37 (December 1953): 373-384.

  Peterson, Charles J. "Alexander Macomb (1782-1841)." Chap. in Military Heroes of the War of 1812: with a Narrative of the War, 185-90. Philadelphia : James B. Smith & Co., 1852.

  Quaife, M. M., ed. "Detroit Biographies: Alexander Macomb." Burton Historical Collection Leaflet 10: No. 1 (November, 1931). HTML & Ed.

  Quaife, M. M. "The Mansion of St. Martin." Burton Historical Collection Leaflet Vol 3 No 3 (January, 1925): 33-48.

  Plattsburgh Sentinel. 24 January, 1873.

  Richards, George H. Memoir of Alexander Macomb, the Major General commanding the Army of the United States. New York: M'Elrath, Bangs & Co., 1833. (LC. 12-17391; call no. E353.1.M3 R5)

  Simms, Jeptha R. "John Helmer in Jail." Chap. in Trappers of New York: or a Biography of Nicholas Stoner & Nathaniel Foster; Together with Anecdotes of Other Celebrated Hunters, and Some Account of Sir William Johnson and his Style of Living. Albany: J. Munsell, 82 State Street. 1850. Reprint, Enterprise and News: St. Johnsville, N.Y. 1935. (www.fortklock.com).

  Snyder, Lisa Beth. "1812: Overture to a New Army." Soldiers Magazine Online: The Official U.S. Army Magazine (July, 2000).

  Swan, Isabella E. The Deep Roots: a history of Grosse Ile, Michigan, to July 6, 1876. Grosse Ile, MI: Grosse Ile Historical Society, 1977. (GIHS, LC. 76-21415; call no. F574.G78S93)

  Skelton, William B. "The Commanding General and the Problem of Command in the United States Army, 1821-1841 ". Military Affairs, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Dec., 1970), pp. 117-12. Published by: Society for Military History. (JSTOR)

  Thomas, R. "Alexander Macomb (1782-1841)." Chap. in The Glory of America: comprising memoirs of the lives and glorious exploits of some of the most distinguished officers, engaged in the Revolutionary and late war with Great Britain, 432-48. Philadelphia: Leary & Getz, 1836.

  Turhollow, Anthony. "Where did the Corps' castle come from?" Mobile: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle District Vol. 21, No. 6. Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Nov.-Dec 1999).

  Wakefield, John A. "Report of Gen. Atkinson to Major General Macomb at Washington." Portion of Chap. in Wakefield's History of the Blackhawk War, 146-158. Calvin Goudy, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1834. Reprint, Frank Everett Stevens, Chicago: Caxton Club, 1908. (Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project).

  "Washington, D.C. March 12, 1836." The Herald. Teusday, 15 March, 1836.

  Watson, Samuel J. "Flexible Gender Roles During the Market Revolution: Family, Friendship, Marriage and Masculinity Among U.S. Army Officers 1815-1846." Journal of Social History 29.1 (Fall 1995): 81-106.

  Wharton, Anne Hollingworth. Social Life in the Early Republic. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott company, 1902. (LC F197.W55)

  Wyatt, Thomas. "Alexander Macomb (1782-1841)." Chap. in Memoirs of the Generals, Commodores, and Other Commanders, who distinguished themselves in the American Army and Navy during the wars of the Revolution and 1812, and who were presented with medals by Congress for their Gallant Services, 151-9. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1848. (NSDAR library).

• John Macomb

  Jessup, Ebenezer, Camp near the Fly, to Gen. Fraser, 28 September, 1777. Great Great Britain, British Library, Additional Manuscipts, No. 21827, folio 20.(KLA).

  Jessup, Ebenezer, La Chine, to Sir Guy Carleton, 1 February, 1778. Great Britain: British Library, Additional Manuscripts, No. 21827, folio 145-146.(KLA).