George Washington Papers

General Orders, 10 December 1779

General Orders

Head-Quarters Morristown friday Decr 10th [1779]

Parole Rehoboth— C. Signs Rockaway—Rome.

A Serjeant Corporal & 10 men from Genl St Clairs division to mount on the Qr Mr General’s store at Suckesunna to be reliev’d weekly.

A man from each brigade, who is acquainted with burning coal to be sent to Colonel Baldwin’s quarters tomorrow morning: this number to be kept up during the winter.1

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1Rather than “during the winter,” Col. Otho Holland Williams’s orderly book entry for this date reads “till farther Orders” (orderly book, 12 Oct.-24 Dec. 1779, DLC: Peter Force Collection).

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