George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Peter Scull, 11 March 1779

To Peter Scull

Head Quarters Middle Brook 11 March 1779

Sir

I have recd yours of the 6th instant inclosing the Resolves of Congress relative to the Cloathing due the Army for the Year 17771—I have published such parts of it as respect the duties of Officers within the line of the Army in General Orders.2 I am Sir.

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

1. The letter of 6 March from Scull to GW has not been found. GW is referring to resolutions passed on 2 March (JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends , 13:266–68).

2. See General Orders, 12 March.

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    From George Washington to Peter Scull, 11 March 1779
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    “From George Washington to Peter Scull, 11 March 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-19-02-0448. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 19, 15 January–7 April 1779, ed. Philander D. Chase and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, p. 442.]

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