Note 185 — JOURNAL OF ANDRÉ MICHAUX

Note: before passing the ford, I dined with ... Alexander, a very respectable man from whom I have received many courtesies.—​Michaux.

It is impossible to determine from this allusion, which of the numerous Alexander family Michaux visited. The Alexanders of Mechlenburg were noted as patriotic, God-fearing, Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, who had a large share in the Revolutionary War in their country. Abraham presided at the Mechlenburg Convention (1775), of which Adam and John McKnitt Alexander were both members.—​Ed.