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Orderly book of the bark Golden Gate and clipper ship Nightingale

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Description: The volume contains the orders of Engineer-in-Chief Charles S. Bulkley, and Chief of Marine Charles M. Scammon from May 1865 to December 1866. The orders deal with the following issues: destinations for the ships including San Francisco, California, Victoria, B.C., Sitka, Alaska, the Bering Strait, Siberia and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiǐ, Russia; directions to certain ports; the rules and regulations of the expedition; the promotions, transfers, and punishments of sailors; work to be done by the land parties; ship repairs; the selling and buying of furs; and interactions with the native Alaskans. The volume also mentions the body of Robert Kennicott being brought aboard; Kennicott was the Chief of the Scientific Corps of the expedition and died in Alaska in May 1866.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1865-1866.
Call number: mssHM 67915
Creator: Western Union Telegraph Company(Opens in new tab)

James McMahan orderly book

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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

Orderly book of John Hollingshead, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, 1779 July 24 - Oct. 18

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Regimental orderly book contains general orders of Gen. John Sullivan, brigade orders, advertisements, and regimental details. The book covers operations from the beginning of the expedition in late July to its completion in October, including the order congratulating the army on "the reduction of the five Indian nations."

mssHM 59430

Orderly book of Nathaniel Goodwin, 1778-1780, (bulk 1778, Aug. -- Dec.)

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Regimental orders, muster rolls, pay abstracts, weekly returns, communications, memorials, etc. of Nathaniel Goodwin's command. Also, some copies of communications from Gerrish's headquarters, including the "Orders issued at Winter Hill, Nov. 8, 1778," "Copy of Orders to That Captain Commanding Each Division of German Troops, Cambridge, Nov. 8, 1778," signed by Nathaniel Goodwin, a copy of the letter from William Heath to Jacob Gerrish (Boston, Nov. 1, 1778), "Rout of the German Troops from Cambridge to Enfield drawing 4 days provisions on Marching," signed by James Richardson," "Rout of the British Troops from Rutland to Enfield drawing 4 days provisions on March," miscellaneous diary entries, and Goodwin's letters to Nathaniel Heath, Benjamin Beals, Abram Washburn, and other officers in his detachment, chiefly regarding settling the companies' accounts. (1779-1780). Item contains 61 leaves in bound volume.

mssHM 68484

An Orderly Book of Samuel Grubb's Company, 1759

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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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Joseph H. Potter orderly book

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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 of the Eastern Department of the United States Army

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Orders, special orders and circulars received by Eastern Department from the War Department, Army Headquarters, Office of Adjutant General, Ordnance Department, Pay Department, and Office of the Adjutant General of Eastern territorial Department from June 1, 1821 through July 1828

mssHM 58077

Orderly book of the bark Golden Gate and clipper ship Nightingale

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