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George Washington to Brigadier General Francis Nash, 3 August 1777

George Washington to
Brigadier General Francis Nash1

City Tavern [Philadelphia] August 3, 1777. Orders Nash to hold troops and vessels in readiness.

Df, in writings of Richard Kidder Meade and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Francis Nash, Brigadier General in the Continental Army from North Carolina, died October 17, 1777, of wounds received at Germantown on October 4.

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    George Washington to Brigadier General Francis Nash, 3 August 1777
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    3 August 1777

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    “George Washington to Brigadier General Francis Nash, 3 August 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0243. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 305.]