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Memorandum respecting the Militia, 3 May 1756

Memorandum respecting the Militia

[Winchester, 3 May 1756]

May 3d 100 of the aforesd Militia under the Captns Minor and Hamilton were ordd to March for the Branch the rest to join a Scoutg Party of the Regt that was orderd to search Back Ck &ca.1

1. See Evening Orders, 3 May 1756. Back Creek, a few miles to the west of Winchester, flowed in a northerly direction into the Potomac River.

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    Memorandum respecting the Militia, 3 May 1756
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    3 May 1756

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    “Memorandum respecting the Militia, 3 May 1756,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-03-02-0070. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 3, 16 April 1756–9 November 1756, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984, pp. 76–77.]