Orderly book of Capt. John Dorlon's Company of Col. Jacobus Swartwout's Regiment of Minutemen

Orderly book of Capt. John Dorlon's Company of Col. Jacobus Swartwout's Regiment of Minutemen

Orderly book, Capt. John Dorlon's Co., 2nd Regiment, NY minute men, 1776

[Philadelphia Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts 2017]

1 v. ([146] p.) ; 24 cm.

973.3447 D711 2017

Digital facsimile of ms. original.
Spine title: Orderly book, Capt. John Dorlon's Co., 2nd Regiment, NY minute men, 1776.
Orderly Book of Capt. John Dorlon's Company of the Second Regiment of New York Minute Men documenting the defending of New York City & Long Island in advance of the British invasion, February 19-April 11, 1776.
Contains regiments order and general orders for all the troops in New York as Americans prepared to defend the city. The orders relate to work details, record keeping (including the keeping of orderly books), artillery, weaponry, courts-martial, drills, prisoners, codes of conduct, etc. The text mentions employing the services of black civilians, slave and free, to assist in the construction of defensive earthworks.
Pagination includes some blank leaves.
Library has ms. original, catalogued separately (MSS L2016F70 [Bound]).

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