Scope and Content: An orderly book, a collection of daily orders and court martial proceedings, was kept by the adjutant or clerk of each military unit (e.g., company, regiment, brigade) of the Continental Army or Massachusetts militia during the Revolutionary War.  While not normally viewed as state public records, a few of those orderly books relating to Massachusetts units of the period have been deposited at various times with the state secretary
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes:

(1) Orderly book of Col. Samuel Gerrish’s Regiment, Apr. 27-July 12, 1775. Camp at Cambridge. Collection of orders signed by Samuel Osgood, brigade-major to Gen. Artemus Ward, and Lieut. Christian Febiger, regimental adjutant. Located in: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Muster rolls of the Revolutionary War ((M-Ar)57X), v. 59, p. 575-651.

(2) Orderly book of Sgt. Maj. Amos Bailey, Col. Samuel Gerrish’s Regiment, July 17-22, 1775. Camp at Cambridge. Located in: Muster rolls of the Revolutionary War, v. 59, p. 551 (i.e., 8 p.).

(3) Orderly book of Capt. Abijah Wyman’s Company, Col. William Prescott’s Regiment, July 7-Dec. 30, 1775. Camp at Cambridge. Presented by Henry P. Kendall, 37 Chestnut St., Brookline, Mass., date unknown. 1 v.

(4) Orderly book of Col. Loammi Baldwin’s (formerly Gerrish’s) Regiment, Jan. 1-Apr. 12, 1776. Camp at Cambridge, Boston, and New York. Located in: Muster rolls of the Revolutionary War, v. 77 (i.e., entire volume).

(5) Orderly book of Col. Ephraim Wheelock’s Regiment, Aug. 18-Nov. 26, 1776. Regiment formed part of Brig. Gen. James Brickett’s Brigade of Massachusetts Militia, camp at Ft. Ticonderoga. Located in: Muster rolls of the Revolutionary War, v. 75, p. 1 – 98.

(6) Orderly book of Capt. Jonathan Houghton’s Company, Col. Jonathan Smith’s Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, Aug. 9-26, 1776 (not continuous). Regiment formed part of Brig. Gen. John Fellows’s Brigade, camp on Long Island. Book kept by Cpl. Nathan Longely. Located in: Muster rolls of the Revolutionary War, v. 55, file I, p. 1-14.

(7) Orderly book of Capt. Samuel Sawyer’s Company, Col. Jonathan Smith’s Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, Aug. 22-Nov. 27, 1776. Regiment formed part of Brig. Gen. John Fellows’s Brigade, camp on Long Island and various points around New York City. Located in: Massachusetts archives collection ((M-Ar)45X), v. 293, p. 124 (i.e., 197 p.).

(8) Orderly book of Enoch Titcomb, adjutant of Brig. Gen. Jonathan Titcomb’s Brigade of Massachusetts Militia, Aug. 8-Sept. 4, 1778. Camp at Providence and Rhode Island. Located in: Massachusetts archives collection, v. 327, p. 37 (i.e., 58 p.).

(9) Orderly book of Col. Rufus Putnam’s 5th Massachusetts Regiment, July 8-Oct. 17, 1779. Camp at West Point, Constitution Island, and various places in Westchester County, N.Y. Presented by Rev. Staples, July 19, 1891. 1 v.

(10) Orderly book of Col. John Crane’s 3rd Artillery Regiment, Jan. 27-Mar. 21, 1780. Camp at Morristown, N.J. 1 v.

(11) Orderly book of Lieut. John Davis, adjutant of Col. William Shepard’s 4th Massachusetts Regiment, May 27-July 11, 1782. Camp at Newburgh, N.Y. Cover title: Garrison orders, Highlands, Newburgh. 1 v.
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