George Washington Papers

General Orders, 18 February 1776

General Orders

Head Quarters, Cambridge, Feby 18th 1776.

Parole Shelbourn.Countersign, Stamford

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Artemas Ward’s orderly book includes the following announcement under this date: “Coll Glover of the late 21st Regt attends at Mr Browns Tavern in Cambridge in order to pay off the men who belonged to sd Regt the last Campaign their respective Wages” (MHi).

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    General Orders, 18 February 1776
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    Washington, George
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    18 February 1776

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    “General Orders, 18 February 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-03-02-0236. [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. 331.]