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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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