George Washington Papers

General Orders, 23 February 1780

General Orders

Head-Quarters Morristown Wednesday Feby 23rd 80.

Parole Franklin— C. Signs Fleet. Feast.

From the remoteness of General Stark’s and Jersey brigades from the grand parade their camp guards are excused from attending there, not only in the case mentioned in the order of the 16th—but in general, when the roads are very wet and bad—The officers of the day are to be notified in time on parade when this happens.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes the following additional general orders: “Hands and Maxwells Brigades furnish the Morris Town Pickett and Fatigue for the Orderly Room Tomorrow and next Day” (orderly book, 17 Oct. 1779–22 March 1780, DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 33).

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    “General Orders, 23 February 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0445. [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. 552–553.]