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October 9, 1781

General Orders, October 9, 1781

The paragraph that begins “The General has been informed that there are in the Possession of some officers of the Army Negroes who have come out of York” starts at the foot of p. 35 and ends on p. 36. The order of October 25 cites it back.

Where it is kept
George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Series 3G, Varick Transcripts, Letterbook 6, pp. 35 to 36.
Read it
p. 35
p. 36