From George Washington to the County Lieutenants, 2 August 1755

To the County Lieutenants

[Mount Vernon, 2 August 1755]

To each County Lieutt in the Northern District
Sir

I intend myself the honour of waitg upon your County, in order to exercise the Militia thereof; and shoud be glad if you woud appoint your Officer’s to meet me at the Court Ho., or some other convenient place with a Firelock, Ammunition, &ca on the of September next, and the Militia properly accoutre’d, the day following.1 I am Sir Yr most Obt Servt

G. W——n

Mount Vernon Augt 2d 1755

LB (original), DLC:GW; LB, DLC:GW.

1. See GW to Colin Campbell and Gw’s Memorandum, both this date.

Index Entries

You Are Looking At

Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: From George Washington to the County Lieutenants, 2 August 1755
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: County Lieutenants
Date: 2 August 1755

Reference

Cite as: “From George Washington to the County Lieutenants, 2 August 1755,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-01-02-0177. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 1, 7 July 1748 – 14 August 1755, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983, p. 354.]