George Washington Papers

General Orders, 11 December 1777

General Orders

Head Quarters—Sweede’s Ford [Pa.] Decr 11th 1777.1

Parole Maryland.C. Signs Annapolis. Baltimore.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. GW arrived at Swede’s Ford, Pa., sometime after noon on 11 Dec. and headquartered there for two days.

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    General Orders, 11 December 1777
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    Washington, George
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    11 December 1777

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    “General Orders, 11 December 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-12-02-0540. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 12, 26 October 1777 – 25 December 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. and David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2002, p. 594.]