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Orders, 4 May 1756

Orders

Parole: Dartmouth.

Winchester: Tuesday, May 4th 1756.

As Colonel Washington has received certain advice of the Militia of some of the adjacent counties, being on their march near this place—It has prevented his going out with the party ordered yesterday—and those orders are countermanded.1

The eldest Captain, six Subalterns, six Sergeants, one Drummer, and one hundred rank and file, are to march immediately upon the scout. The Captain to wait upon Colonel Washington for his orders.2

The following prices are fixed for the necessaries delivered the Soldiers—vizt

A Blanket £ 10.
A Shirt 10.
A pair of shoes 8.
A pr of Stockings 3.
A Hat 2.6.

These articles being better in their kind than usual, are calculated at the lowest prices. The Guard is reduced to a Sergeants Command.

LB, DLC:GW.

1. Presumably the Evening Orders of 3 May were being referred to, by which 3 captains, 8 subalterns, 10 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 100 men were to be prepared to march on 4 May.

2. See GW to Henry Woodward, 4 May 1756.

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    “Orders, 4 May 1756,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-03-02-0080. [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. 89.]