1. “Henshaw’s Orderly Book,” description begins “The Orderly Books of Colonel William Henshaw, October 1, 1775, through October 3, 1776.” Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s., 57 (1948): 17–234. description ends 186, gives the parole as “Philadelphia” and the countersign as “Quebec” in this day’s general orders. Dodge, “Orderly Book,” description begins “Orderly Book Kept by Capt. Abraham Dodge of Ipswich, January 1, 1776 to August 1, 1776.” Essex Institute Historical Collections 80 (1944): 37–53, 111–30, 208–28, 368–84; 81 (1945): 87–94, 152–175. description ends 81:163, omits both the parole and countersign under this date.

2. Thomas Marshall (1718–1800), a merchant tailor from Boston, became one of the city’s selectmen in 1772 and was appointed colonel of the Boston regiment of militia on 30 April 1776. On 6 Nov. 1776 Marshall received a Continental commission as colonel of the 10th Massachusetts Regiment. He served in the Saratoga campaign of 1777 and retired from the army on 1 Jan. 1781. After the war Marshall settled in Weston, Massachusetts. John Shaw (d. 1835) was a first lieutenant in Col. Timothy Walker’s Massachusetts regiment during 1775 and subsequently served as a captain in the Massachusetts militia.

3. “Henshaw’s Orderly Book,” description begins “The Orderly Books of Colonel William Henshaw, October 1, 1775, through October 3, 1776.” Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s., 57 (1948): 17–234. description ends 187, reads: “but some favourable Circumstances appear’d in the Prisoners behalf his punnishment is omitted.” The wording here in Dodge, “Orderly Book,” description begins “Orderly Book Kept by Capt. Abraham Dodge of Ipswich, January 1, 1776 to August 1, 1776.” Essex Institute Historical Collections 80 (1944): 37–53, 111–30, 208–28, 368–84; 81 (1945): 87–94, 152–175. description ends 81:163, is almost identical to Henshaw’s version.

4. Philip Tilton (b. 1741), a blacksmith from Kingston, N.H., was appointed a captain in Col. Enoch Poor’s 2d New Hampshire Regiment in May 1775 and continued as a captain in Poor’s 8th Continental Regiment after 1 Jan. 1776. At this time Tilton apparently was employed in the quartermaster general’s department at New York (see General Orders, 2, 23 Aug. 1776). In August 1778 Tilton served as adjutant of a regiment of New Hampshire volunteers that participated in the Rhode Island campaign.