George Washington Papers

General Orders, 23 February 1779

General Orders

Head-Quarters Middle-Brook Tuesday Feby 23rd 1779

Parole Palmyra—C. Signs Pegu—Pool.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes the following general orders: “The Pay Rolls for the month of January to be deliver’d in to the Paymaster Genl for examination.

“A Capt. 2 subs: 2 serjts & 40 rank & file for fatigue Tomorrow from Genl Muhlenberg Brigade—to parade at 9 oClock.” (orderly book, 22 Dec. 1778–26 June 1779, DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 28).

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    General Orders, 23 February 1779
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    Washington, George
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    23 February 1779

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    “General Orders, 23 February 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-19-02-0266. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 19, 15 January–7 April 1779, ed. Philander D. Chase and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, p. 248.]