George Washington Papers

General Orders, 19 February 1776

General Orders

Head Quarters, Cambridge, Feby 19th 1776

Parole Ponsonby.Countersign Abington

A General Court Martial to sit to morrow morning at eleven, at Pomeroys Tavern, in Cambridge to try such prisoners as shall be brought before them, all Evidences and Persons concern’d to attend the court.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

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    General Orders, 19 February 1776
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    Washington, George
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    19 February 1776

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    “General Orders, 19 February 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-03-02-0241. [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. 338.]