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From George Washington to Henry Peyton, 12 May 1756

To Henry Peyton

[Winchester, 12 May 1756]

To Colonel Peyton
Sir,

You are desired with the Detachment under your command, to proceed (on your arrival at the mouth of Patterson’s-Creek) as Escort to Governor Innis, to Fort Cumberland. Yours

G:W.

LB, DLC:GW.

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    From George Washington to Henry Peyton, 12 May 1756
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    12 May 1756

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    “From George Washington to Henry Peyton, 12 May 1756,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-03-02-0118. [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. 122.]

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