George Washington Papers

General Orders, 3 September 1775

General Orders

Head Quarters, Cambridge, Sept. 3rd 1775

Parole, Roxbury.Countersign, Schenectady:

Benjamin Child Soldier in Col. Glovers Regiment, and in Capt. Broughton’s Company, tried by a General Court Martial, upon an Appeal from a Regimental Court Martial: The Court were unanimously of opinion the proceedings of the regimental Court was irregular and therefore acquit the prisoner.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

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    General Orders, 3 September 1775
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    Washington, George
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    3 September 1775

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    “General Orders, 3 September 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-01-02-0299. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 1, 16 June 1775 – 15 September 1775, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985, p. 408.]