George Washington Papers

General Orders, 19 November 1780

General Orders

Head Quarters Totowa Sunday November 19th 1780

Parole Roxbury Countersigns N: R.
Watchword Rest

[Officers] For the day Tomorrow[:] Brigadier General Glover[,] Colonel Tupper[,] Lieutenant Colonel Mentges[,] Major Tudor[,] Brigade Major Ashley

After Orders

Lieutenant Colonel commandant Butler is appointed Officer of the day for tomorrow vice Colonel Tupper ordered on command.1

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. For Col. Benjamin Tupper’s assignment, see Timothy Pickering’s first letter to GW, this date, and n.2; see also Tupper to GW, 23 December.

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    General Orders, 19 November 1780
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    Washington, George
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    19 November 1780

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    “General Orders, 19 November 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-29-02-0184. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 29, 28 October–31 December 1780, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, p. 288.]