Orderly books, 1775.

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Orderly books, 1775.

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Manuscripts, in multiple hands, of a collection of over a hundred military orders issued during the American Revolutionary War, primarily during the year 1775. The volumes include orders by General George Washington, Major General Joseph Spencer, General Artemas Ward, and John Trumbull. The majority of the orders address administrative issues, such as establishing procedures for granting furlough; assigning colored ribbons to distinguish military ranks; and instituting twice-weekly inspections of soldiers' arms. Other orders concern military discipline; one order forbids soldiers to bathe in the Bridge at Cambridge, MA, when pedestrians, especially ladies, are present; another from August 4, 1775 declares that any soldier who fires guns in and about the camp when no enemy is in sight will be considered as a common enemy and authorizes guards to fire on them as such. Many orders also contain summaries of court-martials and their verdicts and punishments, including 30 lashes for a soldier who had abused the camp doctor; riding the "wooden horse" for 30 minutes for a soldier who was insolent towards his captain; and being put into a horse cart with a rope around his neck and drummed out of the army for a soldier who had behaved disrespectfully toward the Continental Association by drinking to General Thomas Gage's health. Many orders in the first volume are also copied in the second volume. The first volume also includes daily personnel charts of men fit for service, as well as several dozen personal journal entries on the events of the day. These entries record the troops' marches, the weather, reports of battles, as well as descriptions of Hooker's own troops' military engagements. On June 17, 1775, he records the activities of the army at Bunker's Hill. On July 5, 1775, he records a visit by Generals Washington and Lee; elsewhere, he notes skirmishes around Boston Harbor; casualties; and deserters. All but the last two entries in the first volume are from 1775; the last two are dated 1834, and consist of a copy of a letter to the editor by Thomas Cowles on the successful crops in American south, and a copy of a letter from John Jay Jr., Thomas Porter, and Thomas Cowles of the Antimasonic Party in defense of the Constitution.

2 v. ; various sizes.

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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