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Title Daily Entry
12 July 1775

GW at American headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In his General Orders for the day, GW issued a court martial for Col. James Scammans for incompetence; he was later cleared of the charges.

05 July 1775

GW in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

28 June 1775

GW traveling to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

21 June 1775

GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress.
 

14 June 1775

GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress.  GW dined with a member of the Meredith family, either Reese or his son Samuel, both Philadelphia merchants.

07 June 1775

GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress.  GW’s committee reported the estimate of the amount of money they needed to raised to the whole Congress.

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.

24 May 1775

GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined with Pa. delegate Andrew Allen and spent the evening at the Governor’s Club.

17 May 1775

GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress.

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.

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