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General Orders, 7 March 1779

General Orders

Head-Quarters Middle-Brook sunday March 7th 1779

Parole Arundel—C. Signs Hyco Dan.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes the following general order: “A Captain 3 Subs: 3 serjeants & 58 Rank & file for Fatigue Tomorrow to parade at nine oClock in the morning.” (orderly book, 22 Dec. 1778–26 June 1779, DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 28).

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    General Orders, 7 March 1779
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    “General Orders, 7 March 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-19-02-0402. [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. 390.]