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General Orders, 15 December 1779

General Orders

Head-Quarters Morristown wednesday Decr 15th 79.

Parole Berlin— C. Signs Boston. Brunswick—

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes a general order: “The Maryland Line gives the Main Guard tomorrow” (orderly book, 17 Oct. 1779–22 March 1780, DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 33).

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    General Orders, 15 December 1779
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    “General Orders, 15 December 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-23-02-0464. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 23, 22 October–31 December 1779, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, p. 620.]