[Orderly book, 1776-1779].

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[Orderly book, 1776-1779].

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Contains an incomplete record of the orders issued at various times and places by George Washington (Commander-in-chief), General Sullivan (commander of the forces in Rhode Island), and William Perkins. Perkins was a commander of a Rhode Island artillery regiment. The orderly book was trimmed at some point (with the loss of some text) and bound.

1 v. ; 20 cm.

New England Historic Genealogical Society

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New England Historic Genealogical Society

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