George Washington Papers

General Orders, 13 January 1780

General Orders

Head-Quarters Morristown thursday Jany 13th [1780]

Parole Arch— C. Signs Bomb. Carcase.

As there is a quantity of provisions and forage collected for the army the General is anxious to take advantage of the present favorable weather1 to bring it to camp & orders two detachments for that purpose to be paraded tomorrow morning 10 ôclock with three days cooked provisions.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes the following additional general orders: “A Corporal and Six Men from Genl Maxwells Brigade to attend the Forage Master Generals Orders this Day to Drive Horses to Pennsylvania” (orderly book, 17 Oct. 1779–22 March 1780, DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 33).

1. GW recorded a three-inch fall of snow at Morristown on 12 Jan., but on 13 Jan., though the temperature was “exceeding cold” and the frost “very severe,” he recorded the weather as “clear.” The weather continued either “clear” or “fine” for the next three days (Diaries, description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends 3:343).

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    General Orders, 13 January 1780
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    “General Orders, 13 January 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0086. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 24, 1 January–9 March 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 104.]