George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Robert Rutherford, 10 January 1756

To Robert Rutherford

[Winchester, 10 January 1756]

To Mr Rutherford. Assisting Commissary.

You are to have regard to such order and Orders as you shall receive from Captain Stewart, relating to Provisions, Stores, &c. and deliver none without his directions, or the directions of a Superior Officer, during my absence.

If any fresh provisions or other necessaries are wanted for the Hospital; you are to provide them, upon receiving an order for that purpose from Captain Stewart. You are to make charge of the Expences, in your general accompt with Commissary Walker.

G:W.

Winchester, January 10th 1756.

LB, DLC:GW.

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    From George Washington to Robert Rutherford, 10 January 1756
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    Washington, George
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    Rutherford, Robert
    Date
    10 January 1756

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    “From George Washington to Robert Rutherford, 10 January 1756,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-02-02-0287. [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. 275.]

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