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General Orders, 5 June 1779

General Orders

Head Quarters Ringwood [N.J.] Saturday June 5th 1779

Parole Raritan—C. Signs Ramapough. Ringwood—

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

GW’s aide-de-camp Richard Kidder Meade received money from Maj. Caleb Gibbs on 6 June and paid $10 to servants at “Mr [Robert] Erskines,” whose home at Ringwood was situated near the road about one mile from the New Jersey—New York border (Revolutionary War Accounts, Vouchers, and Receipted Accounts 1, 1776–1780, DLC:GW, Ser. 5).

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    General Orders, 5 June 1779
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    Washington, George
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    “General Orders, 5 June 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-21-02-0067. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 21, 1 June–31 July 1779, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, p. 67.]