George Washington Papers

General Orders, 6 May 1779

General Orders

Head-Quarters Middle-Brook Thursday May 6th 1779.

Parole Tallard—C. Signs Tervel Troy.

The Virginia officers ordered on detachment are to be paid up to the first of May by their regimental Pay-Masters.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes the following additional general orders: “The Baron Steuben’s Guard to be reliev’d Tomorrow from the pennsylvania Line” (orderly book, 22 Dec. 1778–26 June 1779, DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 28).

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    General Orders, 6 May 1779
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    “General Orders, 6 May 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-20-02-0307. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 20, 8 April–31 May 1779, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, pp. 343–344.]