George Washington to Ordinary Keepers, October 6, 1755

[Fredericksburg, 6 October 1755]

Orders to the Ordinary-Keepers, on Captain Woodwards Route to Fort Cumberland.

You are hereby Ordered and strictly Required, to make proper provisions of Meat, Bread, &c. for Sixty men one day: they will be at your House on the [ ] Day of October, on their March to Fort Cumberland: and I will see you paid a reasonable allowance.

G:W.

Friday: October 6th 1755.

A Copy of the above sent to Mr Picket, Martin Harden, Joseph Nevil, Watts and the River. 1