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Orderly book

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1812.
Call number: mssHM 662
Creator: Biddle, T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of August 1937.
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Orderly book, 1761

Manuscripts

The orderly book was kept by John Grant of Archibald McNeil's company in the 2nd Connecticut Regiment. Kept between June 20 and October 17, 1761, this orderly book pertains to the British occupation of Crown Point, N.Y. Also contains miscellaneous accounts, verses, and memoranda to 1801.

mssHM 595

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Orderly books of Joseph Bloomfield

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Orderly books kept by aides-de-camp to Joseph Bloomfield from June 12 to July 28, 1812 (ff. 1-19v) and Oct. 29, 1812 to Apr. 8, 1813 (ff. 24-174 v., written from back forward). Entries made by R.T. McPherson, Robert Sterry, William King, David Biddle, and Charles W. Hunter. Also included general orders issued by Alexander Smyth, Army Inspector General, from Sept. 7 to 17, 1812 (ff. 20-23v).

mssHM 672

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James McMahan orderly book

Manuscripts

This volume is the day-to-day record of the 2nd Pennsylvania Battalion during Henry Bouquet's 1764 Ohio campaign during the Pontiac War, also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy. It documents military orders, records of court martial, announcements, encounters with women following the troops, French prisoners of war, Indigenous hostages, interactions with local Indigenous groups, and life at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania, following a siege by allied Indigenous warriors. After McMahan returned home in December 1764, he used the orderly book to keep personal accounts. The sporadic records cover 1765 to 1772 and include transactions involving purchases of whiskey, shoes, "Bedsteads, "dear skins," lead, sugar, salt, and books, as well as payments to day laborers and artisans.

mssHM 84495

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Joseph H. Potter orderly book

Manuscripts

Manuscript orderly book kept by Colonel Joseph H. Potter, commander of the 24th U.S. Infantry, at Fort Supply, Oklahoma. The orders describe assignments to posts, transfers, and duties from January 3 to April 30, 1885.

mssHM 83974

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Orderly book for Anthony Wayne's brigande

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mssHM 939

An Orderly Book of Samuel Grubb's Company, 1759

Manuscripts

Covers June 18 to July 24, 1759. Concerns the activities of the British army around Fort Bedford (Raystown) and Carlisle, PA. The volume also contains commercial accounts by William Worrall, 1771-1792.

mssHM 606

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