General Orders, 17 May 1776
General Orders
Head Quarters, New York, May 17th 1776.
Parole Newcastle.Countersign Wilmington.
Capt. Wolverton’s Company of New-Jersey, is to join Genl Greene’s brigade—the Captain to take his orders from the General, respecting his post.1
An exact return of the pikes to be made without delay; and of the state of the arms in each regiment and corps, specifying the number of each kind, wanting to compleat.
The damage done to Mr [ ] house yesterday by the bursting of one of the cannon, to be repaired by the Carpenters in the Continental pay.
Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
1. Capt. Thomas Woolverton’s independent company was taken into Continental service and ordered to New York on 19 Mar. 1776 ( , 4:212, 223; Hancock to Woolverton, 21 Mar. 1776, in , 3:424).