Waterbury, David, 1722-1801 [Orders of Colonel David Waterbury]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.131.01 Author/Creator: Waterbury, David, 1722-1801 Place Written: Harlem, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 20 July 1775 Pagination: 1 p. ; 18 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy
Orders Lieutenant Briggs to proceed to the towns of Rutfield, New Fairfield, Danbury, Reding, and Newton, Connecticut. States the Briggs should give orders to all officers, doctors, and soldiers belonging to the 5th regiment to return immediately as Waterbury has orders to march to Albany right away. Lists six officers absent from camp that Briggs should order to return.
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