George Washington Papers

General Orders, 16 April 1780

General Orders

Head Quarters Morristown April 16th 1780

Parole Labradore Countersigns Lima, Minden.

[Officers] Of the day, Tomorrow[:] Brigadier General Maxwell[,] Lieutenant Colonel Mentges[,] Brigade Major Stark’s Brigade

A Detachment to parade tomorrow morning 9 o’clock on the Grand parade with their Arms Blanketts two days provisions and forty rounds ⅌ man.

Major J. Moore to take command of them.1

Varick transcript, DLC:GW, ser. 3, subseries G, letter book 5; Varick transcript, DLC:GW, ser. 3, subseries G, letter book 4.

1. The Varick transcript in letter book 4 includes no general orders for this date.

This detachment under Maj. James Moore, Jr., patrolled around Paramus, N.J. (see Moore to GW, 26 and 28 April). For the addition of medical personnel to Moore’s detachment, see the general orders for 18 April.

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    “General Orders, 16 April 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-25-02-0284. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 25, 10 March–12 May 1780, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 420.]