Orderly book, 1778-1780.

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Orderly book, 1778-1780.

Manuscript orderly book, 17 June 1778-2 October 1780, with headquarters at Ft. Pitt, Ft. McIntosh, Ft. Lawrence and Pittsburgh. It contains General, Garrison and Regimental orders with descriptions of general court martials.

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Brodhead, Daniel, 1736-1809

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Born in 1736 in Marblehead, New York, Daniel Brodhead served as a colonel in the Revolutionary War, commanding the Western Department from his headquarters at Fort Pitt from 1779 to 1781. In the years preceding the outbreak of war, Brodhead operated a gristmill and worked as a deputy-surveyor for the colony of Pennsylvania. Disturbed by the passage of the Coercive Acts in 1774, Brodhead represented Berks County at a protest congress held in Philadelphia. In 1776, he was commissioned as an office...

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