General Orders, 27 August 1776
General Orders
Head Quarters, New York, August 27th 1776.
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Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
Sgt. Peter Kinnan of Col. Ephraim Martin’s regiment of New Jersey militia levies, which was stationed on Long Island, wrote in his orderly book under this date: “This being the day of the attack on Long Island, the orders were all verbal” (
, 88).