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Orders, 29–30 November 1756

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Parole: Dorsetshire.

[29, 30 November 1756]
Winchester, Monday 29th Novr 1756.

A Return to be given in immediately of the number of men in this town, distinguishing the Drafts from the enlisted Soldiers; and mentioning the strength of the two companies.1

Parole: Exeter.

Winchester, Tuesday, 30th Novr 1756.

LB, DLC:GW.

1. GW had recently returned to Winchester from Alexandria. For the count of soldiers, see GW to Dinwiddie, 2 December. For a listing of the draftees discharged, see Memorandum, 4 Dec. 1756.

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    Orders, 29–30 November 1756
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    Washington, George
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    29–3 November 1756

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    “Orders, 29–30 November 1756,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-04-02-0009. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 4, 9 November 1756 – 24 October 1757, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984, p. 33.]