Orderly book, 1777.

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Orderly book, 1777.

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Manuscript orderly book, 14 April-16 May and 11 August-9 October, 1777, probably of the 11th Virgina Regiment, describing brigade and regimental orders, court martials, execution of sentences, etc. with headquarters at Princeton, Bridgewater, Bound Brook and Morristown, N.J., Cross Roads, Wilmington, De., Birmingham and Pottsgrove.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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