[Philadelphia] Saturday, October 21, 1775
A letter from Genl Washington dated 12 Octr with sundry enclose. was laid before the Congress and read."2
1. Ford, ed., JCC, III, 302.
2. The enclosures included copies of the orders given Captain Nicholson Broughton. This was the first time Congress had seen these orders. See Washington to Broughton, Volume 1, 1287-1289.
