American Independence

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Title	Daily Entry
24 July 1775	GW at American headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In his General Orders, he criticizes the sentinels and their officers for stopping high-level officers out of ignorance.
23 July 1775	GW at American headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
26 June 1775	GW left New York City and lodged for the night at King’s Bridge at the Northern end of Manhattan Island.
15 June 1775	GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW dined at Burns’s Tavern. He spent the evening with his new committee drafting army regulations.
31 May 1775	GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW wrote in his diary that he dined with John Rutledge, a representative of S.C. in the Continental Congress.
11 May 1775	GW at the State House in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. During this day’s session, the delegates decided to keep their proceedings private.
10 May 1775	GW attended the first meeting of the Second Continental Congress, which was held in the Philadelphia State House. The Congress was meant to plan further responses to the British government.
14 April 1775	GW at Mount Vernon. In his diary he wrote that he hosted Dr. William Rumney and Alexandria, Va.
17 January 1775	GW in Alexandria, Va., where he spent the day “Under Arms” and chaired the Committee of Fairfax County in the evening.
26 March 1775	GW stayed in Wilton, Va., all day, where there was a misting rain.

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