George Washington Papers

General Orders, 10 January 1776

General Orders

Head Quarters, Cambridge, Jany 10th 1776

Parole, Neilson.Countersign Langdon.

His Excellency General Washington, has been pleased to appoint Mr William Marony, Provost Marshal to the Army of the United Colonies, serving in the Massachusetts-bay; he is therefore in all things appertaining to his Office, to be considered and obeyed as such.1

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. William Marony served as provost marshal until 1 Oct. 1776 when he was suspended for being absent without leave (see General Orders, that date). A draft of GW’s commission to Marony dated January 1776 with the day of the month left blank is in DLC:GW, as is a Varick transcript of that draft. See also GW’s instructions to Marony, 12 Jan. 1776.

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    General Orders, 10 January 1776
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    “General Orders, 10 January 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-03-02-0039. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 3, 1 January 1776 – 31 March 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 59.]