Orderly books, 1780-1782.

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Orderly books, 1780-1782.

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Orderly books, dated February 7, 1780 - July 4, 1780, May 31, 1781 - August 10, 1781, and January 12, 1782 - March 29, 1782. They contain general, division, brigade and regimental orders, as well as garrison orders at West Point. During the period covered by the earlier books, the regiment was stationed at various places near West Point, including Peekskill, Philipsburg, and Dobbs Ferry; in the period covered by the third book they were at West Point. The third book appears to have been written by Lieutenant Parke Holland. The second book contains a diagram showing the order of troops under Generals Stirling and Heath; the first and third ones contain orders about clothing, and about the treatment of men recovering from smallpox. All contain accounts of courts-martial.

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