General Orders, 29 August 1777
General Orders
Head Quarters, Wilmington [Del.] August 29th 1777
Parole: Portsmouth.Countersigns: Falmouth. Yarmouth.
Each Brigadier is to make return immediately to the Quarter Mr General of the number of Arm-Chests necessary for carrying safely, all the spare arms, that may from time to time, happen to be in their brigades, by means of the sick, & other usual accidents.
Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
Gen. George Weedon’s orderly book includes this addition to the general orders for this date: “The Pay Masrs of Regts are forthwith to apply to the Pay Masr Genl to receive the Pay of their Regts for the Month of July” (
, 26).