From George Washington to Brigadier General Francis Nash, 21 August 1777

To Brigadier General Francis Nash

Head qrs [Bucks County, Pa.] 21st Augt 1777

Sir

You are to hold the Brigade under your command, in readiness to March early on Friday Morng next by the Route of Princeton1—You will not begin to March untill you hear further from me. I am &ca

G.W.

Df, in John Fitzgerald’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. The following day was a Friday. Nash’s brigade was stationed at Trenton.

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Title: From George Washington to Brigadier General Francis Nash, 21 August 1777
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Nash, Francis
Date: 21 August 1777

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Brigadier General Francis Nash, 21 August 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0028. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 11, 19 August 1777 – 25 October 1777, ed. Philander D. Chase and Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2001, p. 28.]

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