General Orders, 14 September 1780

General Orders

Head Quarters Steenrapia Thursday Septemr 14th 1780

Parole Massachusetts Countersigns Putnam Lincoln
Watchword Merit

[Officers] For the Day Tomorrow[:] Brigadier General Huntington[,] Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Hubly[,] Lieutenant Colonel Mentges[,] Major Harwood[,] Brigade Major Moore

Colonel H. Jackson is appointed President of the General Court Martial vice Colonel Dayton ordered on Command.1

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. For the establishment of this court-martial, see General Orders, 12 September.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: General Orders, 14 September 1780
Author: Washington, George
Date: 14 September 1780

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Cite as: “General Orders, 14 September 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-28-02-0133. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 28, 28 August–27 October 1780, ed. William M. Ferraro and Jeffrey L. Zvengrowski. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, p. 190.]