George Washington Papers

General Orders, 28 January 1777

General Orders

Head-Quarters, Morristown, Jany 28th 1777.

Parole: Princeton.Countersign: Chatham.

Commanding Officers of regiments, to order, regimental Courts Martial, for the trial of such prisoners as belong to them, now confined in the Provost Guard, that do not come under the consideration of a General Court Martial.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

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    General Orders, 28 January 1777
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    Washington, George
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    28 January 1777

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    “General Orders, 28 January 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-08-02-0176. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 8, 6 January 1777 – 27 March 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, p. 168.]