George Washington Papers

General Orders, 20 December 1779

General Orders

Head-Quarters Morristown monday Decr 20th 1779.

Parole Roxbury— C. Signs Raritan Rutland.

The Light Companies from the Maryland line now with General Wayne are to be immediately completed.1

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes additional general orders: “The November Rolls to be lodged with the Dy Pay Master Genl for examination.

“A sub.—2 serjeants—& 38 R[ank] & F[ile] for fatigue tomorrow at the Orderly Room, from Genl St Clairs Division” (orderly book, 17 Oct. 1779—22 March 1780, DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 33).

1. For the instigation behind this general order, see Anthony Wayne to GW, 18 December.

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    General Orders, 20 December 1779
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    “General Orders, 20 December 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-23-02-0499. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 23, 22 October–31 December 1779, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, p. 656.]