San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 68484

Source

Huntington Digital Library

Library

The Huntington Library

Shelfmark

• mssHM 68484

Biblissima authority file

• https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q248853

Date

• 1778-1780

Title

• Orderly book of Nathaniel Goodwin, 1778-1780, (bulk 1778, Aug. -- Dec.)

Agent

• Preferred form

  • Nathaniel Goodwin (17..-18..?)

  Original form

  • Goodwin, Nathaniel, active 1778-1780, author.

  Biblissima authority file

  • https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q248278

• Preferred form

  • Jacob Gerrish (1739-1817)

  Original form

  • Gerrish, Jacob, 1739-1817.

  Biblissima authority file

  • https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q248173

• Preferred form

  • William Heath (1737-1814)

  Original form

  • Heath, William, 1737-1814.

  Biblissima authority file

  • https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q248386

• Preferred form

  • Francis Henry Lincoln (1846-1911)

  Original form

  • Lincoln, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1846-1911, former owner.

  Biblissima authority file

  • https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q248093

• Preferred form

  • United States. Massachusetts Militia, Gerrish's Regiment

  Original form

  • Massachusetts. Militia. Gerrish's Regiment (1778)

  Biblissima authority file

  • https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q247984

Description

• Physical Description:
  61 leaves, 31 cm. bound volume.
  Notes:
  Regimental orders, muster rolls, pay abstracts, weekly returns, communications, memorials, etc. of Nathaniel Goodwin's command. Also, some copies of communications from Gerrish's headquarters, including the "Orders issued at Winter Hill, Nov. 8, 1778," "Copy of Orders to That Captain Commanding Each Division of German Troops, Cambridge, Nov. 8, 1778," signed by Nathaniel Goodwin, a copy of the letter from William Heath to Jacob Gerrish (Boston, Nov. 1, 1778), "Rout of the German Troops from Cambridge to Enfield drawing 4 days provisions on Marching," signed by James Richardson," "Rout of the British Troops from Rutland to Enfield drawing 4 days provisions on March," miscellaneous diary entries, and Goodwin's letters to Nathaniel Heath, Benjamin Beals, Abram Washburn, and other officers in his detachment, chiefly regarding settling the companies' accounts. (1779-1780).
  Biographical Note:
  Major Nathaniel Goodwin commanded a detachment of Jacob Gerrish's regiment of Massachusetts Guards, posted on duty in Boston, Mass. Another part of the regiment was stationed at Winter Hill, guarding Burgoyne's captured troops.
  Subjects:
  Massachusetts. Militia. Gerrish's Regiment (1778) ; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. ; Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Regimental histories -- Sources. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Sources. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Regimental histories -- Massachusetts -- Sources.
  Form/Genre:
  Military records United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat) ; Orderly books United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat) ; Military records Massachusetts Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat) ; Orderly books Massachusetts Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat)
  Physical Collection:
  Orderly Books of the American Revolution.

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Digitisation

• https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll7/id/30103

Manifest URL

• https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/info/p15150coll7/30103/manifest.json