George Washington Papers

General Orders, 4 January 1780

General Orders

Head-Quarters Morristown tuesday Jany 4th 1780

Parole Livonia— C. Signs Narva. Riga.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes the following additional general orders: “The Connecticut Division furnishes the main Guard Tomorrow” (orderly book, 17 Oct. 1779–22 March 1780, DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 33).

GW’s expenses for this date included £3.15 “To Cash pd for a pockett Almanack for the Genl” and £3.15 “To Cash pd for mending the Genl Spurr’s” (household account book, 11 April 1776–21 Nov. 1780, DLC:GW, ser. 5).

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    General Orders, 4 January 1780
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    Washington, George
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    “General Orders, 4 January 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0016. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 24, 1 January–9 March 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, pp. 21–22.]