General Orders, 8 November 1779
General Orders
Head-Quarters Moores House [West Point]
Monday Novr 8th 1779.
Parole Aberdeen— C. Signs Baldock. Bonaire.
Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
Lt. William McKendry’s journal entry for this date reads: “Genl. Poor’s brigade marchd. this morning and arrived at Pumpton 3. O’Clock P[.]M. and encampt in the woods, Genl. Washington arrived at Genl. Sullivan’s Quarters this afternoon, about 2 miles from this Camp” ( 211; see also John Sullivan’s second letter to GW, 6 Nov., and the source note to that document).