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General Orders, 12 April 1777

General Orders

Head-Quarters, Morristown, April 12th 1777.

Parole: Kildair.Countersign: Dublin.

All the troops in Morristown, except the Guards, are to attend divine worship to morrow morning at the second Bell;1 the officers commanding Corps, are to take especial care, that their men appear clean, and decent, and that they are to march in proper order to the place of worship.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. The following day was Sunday.

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    General Orders, 12 April 1777
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    “General Orders, 12 April 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-09-02-0126. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 9, 28 March 1777 – 10 June 1777, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 126.]