George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Robert Stewart, 4 May 1756

To Robert Stewart

[Winchester, 4 May 1756]

To Captain Robert Stewart, at Conogochieg.
Sir,

You are to acquaint Captain Woodward, that it is my Orders that he Escort the provision-waggons from Conogochieg.1

I expect they will be there on Saturday next: and you are to see that they are loaded with all possible dispatch. Given at Winchester, May 4th 1756.

G:W.

LB, DLC:GW.

1. For Henry Woodward’s movements, see GW to Nathaniel Milner, 4 May, n.1. GW ordered Stewart on 3 May to join his troop of light horse at Conococheague.

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    From George Washington to Robert Stewart, 4 May 1756
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    Washington, George
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    Stewart, Robert
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    4 May 1756

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    “From George Washington to Robert Stewart, 4 May 1756,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-03-02-0087. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 3, 16 April 1756–9 November 1756, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984, p. 94.]

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