Brock Collection: Orderly book of the Virginia Regiment, 1762, June 4 - Sept. 4.

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Brock Collection: Orderly book of the Virginia Regiment, 1762, June 4 - Sept. 4.

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Fragment of the orderly book of the Virginia regiment that covers the period from June 4 through Sept. 4, 1762, including regimental orders and brief records of proceedings of the court martial. With handwritten transcript on ruled paper, in professional secretarial hand.

12 leaves, 31 cm., unbound, with transcript.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 8128170

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Stephen, Adam

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Physician, soldier and early American political leader. From the guide to the Adam Stephen letters, 1771-1777, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Epithet: Captain; of Virginia; Major -General 1776 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0000d3 ...

Virginia. Regiment (1754-1762)

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The Virginia regiment was organized as the colony's armed forces in March 1754. From June 1754 through 1758, it was under the command of George Washington. Following Washington's resignation in 1758, the command passed to Colonel William Byrd III. Byrd resigned in Septermber and was succeeded by Adam Stephen. During Amherst's expedition against the Cherokees in June 1761, the regiment was stationed at the Great Island of the Holston River. Because the Virginia Assembly had agreed to maintain the...