General Orders, 7 January 1783
Tuesday January 7th 1783
Parole Amsterdam
Countersigns Bolton Calias
For duty tomorrow the first Hampshire regiment.
To the day tomorrow Lt Colo. Mellon, Major Trescot.
To give sufficient time for the settlement of the forage accounts preseding the year 1783 and prevent disappointments, the Quarter Master General requests the officers to call daily by corps, begining on the right with the Maryland Detachment tomorrow and proceeding in succession to the left.the accounts for 1782 to be seperately stated.
DLC: Papers of George Washington.