Orderly book, 1776.

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Orderly book, 1776.

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Orderly book, January 1, 1776 - July 21, 1776. Contains general, brigade and regimental orders, and ten pages of company returns, with a return of arms and equipment. It covers the period from the siege of Boston to the British landing in New York. The brigade was ordered from Boston to New York on March 29, 1776, and arrived in New York on April 18, 1776. The orders deal with courts-martial, shortages of firearms and other supplies, and orders responding to an outbreak of smallpox in Boston by restricting soldiers' movements and forbidding their inoculation. Kept by Nathaniel Mitchell.

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Churchill County Museum

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Mitchell, Nathaniel, 1753-1814

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Nathaniel Mitchell (1753 – February 21, 1814) was an American lawyer and politician from Sussex County, Delaware. He was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, and a member of the Federalist Party, who served as Governor of Delaware. Born in Sussex County, Mitchell engaged in agricultural pursuits before serving as an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. In 1776, he was captain of a Delaware compan...

United States. Continental Army. Continental Regiment, 12th.

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Massachusetts regiment; served January 1, 1776 - December 31, 1776, under the command of Colonel Moses Little. From the description of Orderly book, 1776. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 475790479 ...

Little, Moses, 1724-1798

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United States. Continental Army

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