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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03442
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0079] January-March 1787 
Title General Benjamin Lincoln's orders
Date 4 February 1787
Author Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810)  
Document Type Military document
Content Description General orders which congratulate troops on the successful capture of a large number of insurgents. This document is probably one of the enclosures that accompanied Lincoln's 5 February 1787 letter to Knox (GLC02437.03444).
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Mobs and Riots  Rebellion  Shays' Rebellion  Prisoner  Prisoner of War  Military History  
People Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810)  
Theme Creating a New Government
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Related documents Benjamin Lincoln to Henry Knox with few updates  
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