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From George Washington to John Carlyle, 25 July 1756

To John Carlyle

[Winchester, 25 July 1756]

To Colonel John Carlyle, in Alexandria
Sir,

As I understand there were many Flock-beds left by the British Forces in Alexandria; and as we are much in want of some for the use of the Hospital1—I desire you will detain fifty or sixty for that purpose; and send them here by the most convenient opportunity—If there are pillows, bowlsters or sheets belonging to them—you must detain a proportionable quantity of them. We are in want of two Grindstones, one dozen two-inch chisels; one dozen inch ditto, and two carpenters adzes; which I desire may be sent up by the first opportunity. I am &c.

G:W.

Winchester July 25th 1756.

LB, DLC:GW.

1. A flock-bed was a mattress stuffed with wool.

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    From George Washington to John Carlyle, 25 July 1756
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    25 July 1756

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    “From George Washington to John Carlyle, 25 July 1756,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-03-02-0265. [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. 293.]

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