General Orders, 24 November 1775

General Orders

Head Quarters, Cambridge, Novr 24th 1775

Parole Newport.Countersign Providence

Capt. William Hubbel of Col. Webbs Regiment, tried at a late General Court Martial for “behaving in a low, scandalous, and unofficerlike manner”—The Court having acquitted the prisoner—The General orders him to be released.1

Capt. Gray of Col. Brewers Regiment, tried at a General Court Martial, whereof Col. Enoch Poor was president, for “dissuading the Soldiers from inlisting, therein acting the part of Tory & Enemy to his country”—The Court thinking proper to acquit the prisoner—The General orders him to be released.2

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. William Gaylord Hubbell served in the 7th Connecticut Regiment from 6 July to 23 Dec. 1775.

2. Isaac Gray commanded a company in Col. Jonathan Brewer’s Massachusetts regiment.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: General Orders, 24 November 1775
Author: Washington, George
Date: 24 November 1775

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Cite as: “General Orders, 24 November 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-02-02-0385. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 2, 16 September 1775 – 31 December 1775, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987, p. 420.]