General Orders, 5 February 1779

General Orders

Head-Quarters Middle-Brook Friday Feby 5th 1779.

Parole Jerusalem—C. Signs Lima. Kur.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes the following “After Orders”: “The General Court Martial which was to have sit this day is to sit Tomorrow Eleven oClock.” (orderly book, 22 Dec. 1778–26 June 1779, DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 28).

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: General Orders, 5 February 1779
Author: Washington, George
Date: 5 February 1779

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Cite as: “General Orders, 5 February 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-19-02-0127. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 19, 15 January–7 April 1779, ed. Philander D. Chase and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, p. 128.]