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Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) [General Benjamin Lincoln's orders]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03442 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 4 February 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.8 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy

General orders which congratulate troops on the successful capture of a large number of insurgents. This document is probably one of the enclosures that accompanied Lincoln's 5 February 1787 letter to Knox (GLC02437.03444).

The General congratulates the Troops upon the successes of the day; that so large a number of the Insurgents have fallen into our hands; & that those who have not been arrested have been obliged to fly. - This has been effected after a long & distressing march of thirty miles without a halt, but for a few moments. - It is impossible for him to describe the anxiety he felt during most of the time for the safety of the troops, endangered by the inclemency of the weather & for the great fatigue they unavoidably suffered in marching through a deep snow, in a most violent storm, in a country where cover could not be obtained. - The patience & alacrity discovered on this occasion, cannot be exceeded in point of merit but by the noble & virtuous principles which stimulated them to action.
The General's most cordial thanks are due to the Troops, which he begs them to accept. -

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[docket]
Genl Lincoln Genl
Orders the 4 February
1787 -
on the dispersion of the
Insurgents

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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