George Washington Papers

General Orders, 6 January 1780

General Orders

Head-Quarters Morristown thursday Jany 6th 1780.

Parole Dantzic— C. Signs Elbing Grodno.

The Sub-Cloathiers or their Assistants and the regimental Cloathiers of those Corps not belonging to any State are to apply to the Cloathier General for their proportion of shoes.

William Hutton late a soldier in the 16th Massachusetts regiment is appointed Assistant to the Provost Marshal.1

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. The 16th Massachusetts Regiment was not formed until July 1780. William Hutton, of Boston, had enlisted in the 10th Massachusetts Regiment in December 1776. He served as a private and corporal in the regiment before his discharge in December 1779. In April 1781, GW appointed Hutton provost marshal of the army, but dismissed him the same month for failure to execute his duties (see General Orders, 20 and 22 April 1781).

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    General Orders, 6 January 1780
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    Washington, George
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    6 January 1780

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    “General Orders, 6 January 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0033. [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, p. 47.]