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Title: Orderly book of Anthony Wayne, 1781, Sept. 28 - Nov. 2, Yorktown, Va
Creator: Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796, author
Date Created and/or Issued: 1781-09
1781-10
1781-11
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Manuscripts
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Description: Brigade orderly book of Anthony Wayne's command during the Yorktown campaign. On cover: Orders Sept. 26th 1781 to November 2nd 1781.
Anthony Wayne (1745-1796), American revolutionary general, promoted to Brigadier General in February 1777. In 1780, his brigade was part of Steuben's division in the Yorktown campaign.
Extent: 95 leaves, bound manuscript, oblong octavo
Identifier: mssHM 619
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/17890
Language: English
Subject: Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796--Archives
United States. Continental Army--Archives
United States. Continental Army--History--Sources
Generals--United States--Archives
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces--Sources
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Sources
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794
Military records United States Revolution, 1775-1783
Orderly books United States Revolution, 1775-1783
Source: Orderly Books of the American Revolution.
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library

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