Orderly books, 1776-1779 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Orderly books, August 15, 1776 - January 28, 1777, August 7, 1778 - December 25, 1778, and January 1, 1779 - December 31, 1779 of the British Foot Guards stationed in New York City. The 1776-1777 volume contains general, brigade and regimental orders dated from New York City, Staten Island, New Utrecht, Newtown, York Island, New Rochelle, White Plains, Dobbs Ferry, Delancy Mills, Newark, Amboy, Rariton's Landing, Trenton, Brunswick. The entry for September 22, 1776, records the execution of Nathan Hale. The 1778 volume contains general, brigade, regimental and garrison orders, dated from New York City. The 1779 volume contains garrison, battalion and brigade orders, as well as the general orders of Sir Henry Clinton, dated from New York City (including Laurel Hill and Morris's House). They include some accounts of courts-martial. Ms. note by W.A. Irvine at the beginning of the 1778 volume states that it came from the papers of Brigadier General William Irvine, 2nd Pennsylvania Brigade. Ms. note by R.C. Root at the beginning of the 1779 volume states that it was found in the mid-nineteenth century, with a collection of Anthony Wayne's orderly books, in an attic at the Old Arsenal in Philadelphia