George Washington Papers

General Orders, 17 January 1780

General Orders

Head-Quarters Morristown Monday Jany 17th [1780]

Parole Nero— C. Signs Nevin. Nevis.

General Hand’s brigade will furnish two men to be employ’d in securing hides, by the Commissary of that department.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

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

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    General Orders, 17 January 1780
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    Washington, George
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    17 January 1780

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    “General Orders, 17 January 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0135. [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. 165.]