General Orders, 21 October 1777

General Orders

Head Quarters, Whitpain Township [Pa.] Octobr 21st 1777.

Parole: ChathamCountersigns: Camden. Coventry.

A General Court Martial is to sit to morrow morning at 9 o’clock at the Quarter Master General’s quarters for the trial of all prisoners which shall be brought before them. Col. Grayson is appointed president of this court

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: General Orders, 21 October 1777
Author: Washington, George
Date: 21 October 1777

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Cite as: “General Orders, 21 October 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0580. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 11, 19 August 1777 – 25 October 1777, ed. Philander D. Chase and Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2001, p. 567.]