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[Document on manuevers for Nixon's & Glover's brigades]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02959 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1777-1779 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy

Undated and without place. References the movements and maneuvers of Nixon's brigade, Glover's brigade, and Sullivan's division. Is very specific on where flankers need to be. Notes that "Above all a most strict Silence is to be observ'd." Dating based on Glover's promotion to brigadier general in 1777 and Sullivan's resignation in 1779.

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