[Monday August 26. 1776.]
[from the Autobiography of John Adams]

[Monday August 26. 1776.]

Monday August 26. 1776. Three Letters of the 22 and 23 from General Washington with sundry Papers inclosed; a Letter from William Finnie, deputy Quarter Master general of the southern department, were read, and referred to the Board of War.

A Letter of the 22d. from Colonel James Wilson, was read, and referred to Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Franklin and Mr. John Adams.1

1. See the following entry (27 Aug.) and note 2, below.

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Title: [Monday August 26. 1776.]
Author: Adams, John
Date: 26 August 1776

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Cite as: “[Monday August 26. 1776.] ,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/01-03-02-0016-0177. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, vol. 3, Diary, 1782–1804; Autobiography, Part One to October 1776, ed. L. H. Butterfield. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1961, pp. 412–413.]