George Washington Papers

General Orders, 5 December 1779

General Orders

Head-Quarters Morristown sunday Decembr 5th 1779.

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Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Col. Otho Holland Williams’s orderly book entry for this date reads: “No G.O. orders the 5th” (orderly book, 12 Oct.–24 Dec. 1779, DLC: Peter Force Collection).

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    General Orders, 5 December 1779
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    Washington, George
    Date
    5 December 1779

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    “General Orders, 5 December 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-23-02-0394. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 23, 22 October–31 December 1779, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, p. 526.]