George Washington Papers

General Orders, 5 February 1777

General Orders

Head-Quarters, Morristown, Feby 5th 1777.

Parole: Lewis.Countersign: Barclay.

The Fast day directed in Yesterday’s General Orders was a mistake, it being ordered by the Governor & Assembly of this State, to be kept the 6th of March, not the 6th of this Month; which the Army is to take notice of.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

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    General Orders, 5 February 1777
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    Washington, George
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    “General Orders, 5 February 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-08-02-0264. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 8, 6 January 1777 – 27 March 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, p. 247.]