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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC04050 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1776 |
Title | Rules and articles for the better government of the troops raised, or to be raised and kept in pay by and at the expense of the United States of America |
Date | 1776 |
Author | Van Schaick, Goose (1736-1789) |
Additional authors | Van Schaick, Goose (1736-1789); Dunlap, John (1747-1812) |
Document Type | Pamphlet |
Content Description | Created by the Continental Congress and printed by John Dunlap. Signed by Colonel Goose Van Schaick in 1777. Contains uniform regulations for commissioned and noncommissioned officers, relates penalties and reasons for the issue of Court Martials. Discusses seditious activity, the organization and assembly of raised troops, penalties for false returns, the liberty to bring provisions into forts, and various other topics. Issued by order of Congress, presided over by John Hancock, 20 September 1776. The back cover states "Articles of War, Col. GV Schaick." |
Subjects | Congress Continental Congress Military History Revolutionary War Military Law Continental Army Mutiny Recruitment Muster Rolls and Returns Military Supplies Military Provisions |
People | Van Schaick, Goose (1736-1789) Dunlap, John (1747-1812) Hancock, John (1737-1793) |
Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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