George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Brigadier General James Potter, 16 November 1777

To Brigadier General James Potter

Head Quarters [Whitemarsh, Pa.] 16 Novemr 1777

Sir

I desire you will immediately set all your people at work to making fascines. let them be about eight feet in length, about two feet in circumference, tight bound and composed of small wood. I am &c.

Df, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

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    From George Washington to Brigadier General James Potter, 16 November 1777
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    Washington, George
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    Potter, James
    Date
    16 November 1777

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    “From George Washington to Brigadier General James Potter, 16 November 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-12-02-0271. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 12, 26 October 1777 – 25 December 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. and David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2002, p. 280.]

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