George Washington Papers

Orders, 10 April 1756

Orders

Parole: Cumberland.

Winchester: Saturday, April 10th 1756.

The Sentence of the Court-Martial, whereof Captain Peachy was President, is approved: and Richard Denny1 is to receive his punishment at Retreat-Beating to night.

LB, DLC:GW.

1. Richard Denny (born c.1730), a soldier in Capt. William Bronaugh’s company, enlisted in Feb. 1756 and was from Northumberland County. Denny was probably the sentinel mentioned in GW’s Orders, 9 April, who had let the deserter William Field escape.

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    Orders, 10 April 1756
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    Washington, George
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    “Orders, 10 April 1756,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-02-02-0344. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 2, 14 August 1755 – 15 April 1756, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983, p. 347.]