[Diary entry: 10 August 1781]

10th. Ordered the first York, and Hazens Regiments immediately to this place from West point—The Invalids1 having got in both from Philadelphia & Boston and more Militia got in from Connecticut, as also some from Massachusetts bay giving with 4 Companies of Courtlandts Regiment in addition to the detachment left there upon the March of the Army perfect security to the Posts.

1. That is, troops from the Corps of Invalids (see entry for 16 June 1781).

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Title: [Diary entry: 10 August 1781]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 10 August 1781

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 10 August 1781],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0007-0004-0007. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 3, 1 January 1771–5 November 1781, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 408.]