George Washington Papers

General Orders, 2 February 1776

General Orders

Head Quarters, Cambridge, Feby 2nd 1776

Parole WinchesterCountersign Stamford1

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. Artemas Ward’s orderly book gives the parole as “Richmond” and the countersign as “Doncaster” (MHi). In the Varick transcripts these watchwords appear in the General Orders for 1 Feb. 1776.

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    General Orders, 2 February 1776
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    Washington, George
    Date
    2 February 1776

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    “General Orders, 2 February 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-03-02-0174. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 3, 1 January 1776 – 31 March 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 240.]