George Washington Papers

Orders, 11–12 August 1756

Orders

Parole: Hartford.

[11, 12 August 1756]
Winchester: Wednesday, August 11th 1756.

Parole: Inverness.

Winchester: Thursday, August 12th 1756.

Captain McNiel and Lieutenant Blagg; two Sergeants and thirty rank and file, to parade immediately—The Captain to wait on Colonel Washington for his orders.

A court-martial to sit immediately for trial of Thomas Dunchow;1 and to enquire about some Blankets which were found in some of the country peoples houses.

LB, DLC:GW.

1. There was a Thomas Donnahough in George Mercer’s company who enlisted at Alexandria in 1754.

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    Orders, 11–12 August 1756
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    Washington, George
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    11–12 August 1756

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    “Orders, 11–12 August 1756,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-03-02-0301. [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, p. 343.]