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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06499 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1780 |
| Title | Copy of orders from the camp of General George Weedon |
| Date | 27 August - 24 October 1780 |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Mentions Colonel Febigen and Captains Lovely and Richardson. Discusses a survey of commissaries' stores, in which barrels of salt fish were deemed unfit for consumption. Refers to court martials, the trial of prisoners, and the prevention of embezzlement from a store of arms (6 September). Provides a list of several persons charged with desertion, and describes the proceedings of their court martial (8 September). Discusses the command of local drafts (27 September, 1 October). |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Military Provisions Diet and Nutrition Court Martials and Courts of Inquiry Prisoner Military Law Weaponry Desertion |
| People | Weedon, George (1734-1793) |
| Place written | Fredericksburg, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |