George Washington Papers

Orders, 15 August 1756

Orders

Parole: Success.

Winchester, Sunday, August 15th 1756.

As His Majestys declaration of War against the French King will be proclaimed to-morrow, the Soldiers will be excused from work—and are ordered to appear in the most decent and neat manner; and to be ready to attend at the Long-roll.1

LB, DLC:GW.

1. The “Long-roll” was a prolonged roll of the drums.

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    Orders, 15 August 1756
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    Washington, George
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    15 August 1756

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    “Orders, 15 August 1756,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-03-02-0311. [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. 353.]