General Orders, 3 February 1778

General Orders

Head-Quarters V. Forge Tuesday Feby 3rd 1778.

Parole: TiconderogaCountersigns: Toledo. Taunton.

A report having circulated that Mr Jones, Deputy Commissary General of Issues had granted a pass to a woman to carry thirty pounds of butter into Philadelphia; The matter was fully inquired into and appears to be without foundation.1

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. Thomas Jones, who submitted regular returns to GW of stores in the middle department (see DNA:PCC, item 192), served as deputy commissary general of issues until early in 1779; in 1781 he was deputy field commissary of military stores for the main army.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: General Orders, 3 February 1778
Author: Washington, George
Date: 3 February 1778

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Cite as: “General Orders, 3 February 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-13-02-0363. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 13, 26 December 1777 – 28 February 1778, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2003, pp. 442–443.]