Capt. Jacob Bower's orderly book, July 7th, 1779 : general, brigade, and division orders, Smith's Clove, New Windsor, West Point, Morristown, and elsewhere, 7 July 1779 - 2 August 1780
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MSS L1998F206.3 [Bound]
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Title
Capt. Jacob Bower's orderly book, July 7th, 1779 : general, brigade, and division orders, Smith's Clove, New Windsor, West Point, Morristown, and elsewhere, 7 July 1779 - 2 August 1780
Variant Title
Orderly book
Published
West Point ; Morristown, etc. 1779-1780.
Description
[280] p. ; 15 x 19 cm.
Call Number
MSS L1998F206.3 [Bound]
System Control No.
(OCoLC)45626268
Note
Title on p. [278]: Captain Jacob Bower's orderly book; on p. [280], which is partially torn away: Captain Bower's orderly book, 6th P. Regt.
Context: The orderly book covers activities in New York and New Jersey from the battle of Stony Point and Sir Henry Clinton's attempt to move up the Hudson River.
Number 3 in a series of orderly books kept by Capt. Bower. See also Mss L1998F206.1 and L1998F206.2.
Units in camp: the 1st and 2nd Pennsylvania brigades; General Muhlenberg's brigade; the 1st-7th and the 10th and 11th PA regiments; several regiments of the CT, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, RI, and VA lines Stark's, Clinton's and Hand's brigades, and Col. Moylan's Horse.
Entry for 28 July 1779 ends on p. [59]; p. [60] is blank; p. [61] is dated 1 May 1780.
Data from Tues 9 May 1780 begins on p. [276].
Includes records of courts martial and other usual orders concerning equipment and supplies; promotions, rank, and pay; prisoners and punishments, etc.
Orders for 18 June (p. [143]-[147] stress the importance of uniforms in distinguishing officer rank, particularly with regard to feathers, epaulettes, and color.
For mention of Steuben's Regulations on the order and discipline of the troops, see p. [186-187] and [201-205]
Among officers mentioned who later became original members of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati are: Thomas Campbell, Thomas Craig, Edward Hand, Josiah Harmar, Richard Humpton, William MacPherson, Thomas Mentges, Thomas Lloyd Moore, Stephen Moylan, James Parr, John Pratt, John Reily, Arthur St. Clair, Jeremiah Talbot,
For typed abstract, see cataloger's notes in case file.
Pages [266-267] blank.
Context: The orderly book covers activities in New York and New Jersey from the battle of Stony Point and Sir Henry Clinton's attempt to move up the Hudson River.
Number 3 in a series of orderly books kept by Capt. Bower. See also Mss L1998F206.1 and L1998F206.2.
Units in camp: the 1st and 2nd Pennsylvania brigades; General Muhlenberg's brigade; the 1st-7th and the 10th and 11th PA regiments; several regiments of the CT, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, RI, and VA lines Stark's, Clinton's and Hand's brigades, and Col. Moylan's Horse.
Entry for 28 July 1779 ends on p. [59]; p. [60] is blank; p. [61] is dated 1 May 1780.
Data from Tues 9 May 1780 begins on p. [276].
Includes records of courts martial and other usual orders concerning equipment and supplies; promotions, rank, and pay; prisoners and punishments, etc.
Orders for 18 June (p. [143]-[147] stress the importance of uniforms in distinguishing officer rank, particularly with regard to feathers, epaulettes, and color.
For mention of Steuben's Regulations on the order and discipline of the troops, see p. [186-187] and [201-205]
Among officers mentioned who later became original members of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati are: Thomas Campbell, Thomas Craig, Edward Hand, Josiah Harmar, Richard Humpton, William MacPherson, Thomas Mentges, Thomas Lloyd Moore, Stephen Moylan, James Parr, John Pratt, John Reily, Arthur St. Clair, Jeremiah Talbot,
For typed abstract, see cataloger's notes in case file.
Pages [266-267] blank.
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