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General Orders, 28 October 1779

General Orders

Head-Quarters Moore’s House [West Point]
Thursday Octr 28th 1779.

Parole Newburn— C. Signs Marblehead. Lancaster.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes a general order: “The Genl Court Martial whereof Colo. [James] Chambers is President to sit tom⟨or⟩row 10 oClock A.M.” (orderly book, 17 Oct. 1779–22 March 1780, DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 33).

A record in GW’s expense book for this date indicates the purchase of “2 pigs @ £8” each (household account book, 11 April 1776–21 Nov. 1780, DLC:GW, ser. 5, vol. 28).

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    “General Orders, 28 October 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-23-02-0068. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 23, 22 October–31 December 1779, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, p. 75.]