Orderly book of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment, 1783, Sept. 28 - Dec. 4, West Point, N.Y., Brookline, Mass.

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Orderly book of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment, 1783, Sept. 28 - Dec. 4, West Point, N.Y., Brookline, Mass.

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Regimental orderly book consisting mainly of records of courts martial, with some regimental, garrison, and detachment orders. Included are copies of George Washington's Farewell order to the Armies of the United States, 1783, Nov. 2 and his letter to Henry Knox (1783, Dec. 2).

49 leaves, 23 cm., oblong octavo.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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