George Washington Papers

General Orders, 5 May 1780

General Orders

Head Quarters Morristown Friday May 5th 1780

Parole Palmyra Countersigns C; G.

[Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Butler[,] Major T. Moore[,] Brigade Major Hand’s Brigade

A Serjeant Corporal and Twelve men from the Pennsylvania Division for Fatigue tomorrow at Commissary Kean’s.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

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    General Orders, 5 May 1780
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    Washington, George
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    “General Orders, 5 May 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-25-02-0390. [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. 547.]