General Orders, 1 February 1776
General Orders
Head Quarters, Cambridge, February 1st 1776.
Parole Richmond.Countersign Doncaster.1
Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
1. Artemas Ward’s orderly book gives the parole as “Belhaver” and the countersign as “Lancaster” (MHi). In the Varick transcripts “Belhaven” and “Lancaster” appear as the watchwords in the General Orders for 31 Jan. 1776.