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General Orders, 3 May 1782

Head. Quarters Newburgh. Friday May 3d 1782.
Parole C. Signs.

The following Arrangement of the Captains in the Massachusetts Line being fixed by a board of General & field Officers duly authorized, is approved of by the Commander in Chief and is to be considered as conclusive.

No. Captains Names No. of Regimt Dates of Commissions
1 Noah Allen 1 16 October 1776
2 Isaac Pope 4 1 January 1777
3 Samuel Carr 8 ditto
4 Seth Drew 2 ditto
5 Silvanus Smith 5 ditto
6 John Burnham 8 ditto
7 Nathan Cushing 1 ditto
8 Japheth Daniels 6 ditto
9 Nathan Goodale 5 ditto
10 Asa Colburn 7 ditto
11 Daniel Pilsbury 6 ditto
12 George Webb 4 ditto
13 Judah Alden 2 ditto
14 Luke Day 7 ditto
15 Haffield White 5 ditto
16 Joseph Williams 3 ditto
17 Joshua Benson 5 ditto
18 Job Sumner 3 ditto
19 Amos Cogswell 8 ditto
20 Jeremiah Miller 1 ditto
21 Christopher Marshall 10 ditto
22 Nathan Dix 8 1 March
23 John Blanchard 9 5 March
24 William North 9 10 May
25 John Hastings 9 25 May
26 Joseph Fox 9 23 June
27 Luther Bailey 2 7 July
28 John Williams 1 11 August
29 John K. Smith 6 12 February 1778
30 Simon Larned 4 20 March
31 Seth Banester 4 1 April
32 Elnathan Haskell 4 1 April
33 James Tisdale 3 3 May
34 Stephen Abbot 10 28 do
35 Abraham Williams 2 29 Septemb.
36 Adams Bailey 2 1 November
37 Thomas Hunt 9 1 March 1779
38 Ebenezer Smith 6 30 March 1779
39 Henry Sewell 2 1 April
40 Benjamin Hayard 6 10 ditto
41 Christopher Woodbridge 3 10 ditto
42 Phinehas Bowman 5 19 April
43 Thomas Turner 9 24 ditto
44 John Mills 1 3 May
45 William Moore 4 15 June
46 Robert Bradford 2 21 ditto
47 Michael G. Houdin 5 28 ditto
48 John Pray 1 5 July
49 James Means 2 5 ditto
50 Robert Walker 9 5 ditto
51 William Watson 9 26 ditto
52 Thomas Hartshorn 8 26 ditto
53 William Story 8 12 August
54 Joseph Bates 7 8 October
55 Matthew Chambers 6 11 November
56 Silas Pierce 8 5 December
57 Thomas Frances 10 18 March 1780
58 Daniel Lunt 10 18 March
59 Thomas Pritchard 3 24 March
60 Rufus Lincoln 7 13 April
61 Mason Wattles 6 13 ditto
62 Peter Cloyce 6 13 ditto
63 David Holbrook 4 14 ditto
64 John Fuller 4 16 ditto
65 Abner Wade 8 12 May
66 John Fowles 3 26 ditto
67 Francis Green 1 30 August
68 Elephalet Thorp 7 20 Septemb.
69 Zebulon King 7 4 October
70 Jonathan Turner 10 4 ditto
71 Ebenezar Smith 8 6 ditto
72 Joseph Killam 5 14 ditto
73 Timothy Remmick 1 14 ditto
74 Benjamin Pike 6 16 ditto
75 John Trotter 5 18 October
76 Nehemiah Emerson 10 27 ditto
77 Othniel Taylor 10 30 ditto
78 James Buxton 10 1 January 1781
79 Jonathan Maynard 7 25 ditto
80 Daniel Lee 3 1 February
81 Jonathan Stone 5 25 April
82 William Mills 7 11 May
83 Simon Lord 2 12 ditto
84 John Hobbey 3 24 July
85 Samuel Henly 9 9 August
86 Jonathan Felt 7 14 October

DLC: Papers of George Washington.

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