George Washington Papers

General Orders, 3 May 1780

General Orders

Head Quarters Morristown Wednesday May 3d 1780

Parole Boston Countersigns I; U.

[Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Colonel Stewart[,] Major Reed[,]1 Brigade Major Fish

The Main Guard and Picquets to be relieved from Lord Stirling’s Division and the Pennsylvania Division.

A Sub. three Serjeants and Forty rank and file with their Arms Blankets & two days Provisions from these Divisions to be sent to Morristown tomorrow morning: The Officer will receive orders from the Quarter master General.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. The general orders mean Maj. James Randolph Reid.

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    General Orders, 3 May 1780
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    Washington, George
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    “General Orders, 3 May 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-25-02-0382. [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, pp. 538–539.]