George Washington Papers

To George Washington from the Board of War, 2 August 1780

From the Board of War

War Office [Philadelphia] Augt 2nd 1780.

Sir.

The Board request your Excellency will be pleased to furnish them with an account of the places you have fix’d upon as Magazines for State supplies of provisions throughout the United States specifying the quantity and quality of the articles which you have directed to be deposited at the several posts.1 I have the honor to be with the highest respect Yr Excellys Most Obedt Servt

Willm Grayson.

By order.

LS, DLC:GW.

1. GW replied to the board on 14 August.

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    To George Washington from the Board of War, 2 August 1780
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    Board of War
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    Washington, George
    Date
    2 August 1780

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    “To George Washington from the Board of War, 2 August 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-27-02-0352. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 27, 5 July–27 August 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 400.]

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