George Washington Papers

General Orders, 6 August 1779

General Orders

Head-Quarters Moores-House [West-Point]
Friday August 6th 1779.

Parole Livonia— C. Signs Lebanon. Maryland.

The General Court Martial of which Colonel Jackson is President is dissolved; That whereof Colonel Durkee is President is ordered to sit tomorrow nine ôclock at the Barracks on the Point: Colonel Starr, vice Coll Durkee on command, will preside.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

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    General Orders, 6 August 1779
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    Washington, George
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    “General Orders, 6 August 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-22-02-0037. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 22, 1 August–21 October 1779, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, p. 41.]