George Washington Papers

General Orders, 23 August 1775

General Orders

Head Quarters, Cambridge, August 23rd 1775

Parole Rumney.1Countersign Somersett.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. Artemas Ward’s orderly book reads “Parole Romney” (MHi: Ward Papers).

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    General Orders, 23 August 1775
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    Washington, George
    Date
    23 August 1775

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    “General Orders, 23 August 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-01-02-0248. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 1, 16 June 1775 – 15 September 1775, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985, p. 352.]