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United States. Continental Army. Northern Division. Orderly books, 1776-1782.

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Orderly books, 1776-1782.

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Orderly books, vol. 1 for July 10, 1776 - June 3, 1777, vol 2 for October 3, 1781 - November 3, 1781 and September 7, 1782 - December 28, 1782. Vol. 1, apparently General Horatio Gates's own orderly book, includes general and headquarters orders dated from Ticonderoga and Albany. Gates's orders deal with courts-martial, supplies of shoes, clothing and food, food prices, hygiene in camp, counterfeit money, and smallpox control; inoculation was forbidden. Two pages at the end of the books contain accounts dated 1795 and 1804; a note from the donor states that other pages containing Gates's accounts were removed. Vol. 2 contains general orders of the commanders, John Stark and William Alexander, Lord Stirling, with headquarters chiefly at Albany, but also at Continental Village (near Peekskill), Saratoga, and Newburgh. It also includes resolutions of the Continental Congress, extracts of orders from General Washington, and records of courts-martial. In addition, the entry for November 1, 1781 contains the order of battle, with diagram, for the army at Saratoga, a plan to meet an enemy invasion which did not materialize.