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The Orderly Book of
Colonel John Robinson's Regiment of Massachusetts
Militia
Camp at Cambridge, February & March,
1776
~ Pages 31-50 ~
Huntington Library, San Marino, California and is referenced as HM596.
The Huntington holds all copyrights to the manuscript document.
Transcribed by D.P. Lacroix, May/June 2003.
Orderly
Book Guide
Head
Quarters 9 March 1776…
Page 31
A Coppy of What Was Sent to each Capt ---
Sir I expect tomorrow morning at sunrise you will
not fail to parade all your men on the Common parade
except those that are really unfit for duty
Cambridge 9 March 1776. John Robinson Colo
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Head
Quarters 10th March 1776…
Head
Quarters 11 March 1776…
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Head
Quarters 11 March 1776 (cont.)…
Page 33
Head
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Head
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Page 34
Head
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Camp
Cambridge 14th [March] 1776
Regimental Orders ~
The Col.o is not well pleased to find that when he has
five drummers in his Regiment that only one of them
appeared to man the Lines yesterday morning; he
being informed that they assist other Regiments in their
duty; when at the same time they are negligent in their
own; he therefore Orders that no drummer or fifer absents
him self from Camp or out of Drum Call without order or
Leave from his Brigadier General. The Col.o Also is very
sorry to find that the soldiers in his Regiment pay to
little attention to his orders in Regard to Leaving the
Camp with out Licence. he therefore Repeatedly orders
that if any officer or Soldier for the futer Shall be known
thus to Offend may depend on being punishd as a genl Court
Martial
shall Inflict upon them ~ ~ ~
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Head
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Head Quarters 15 March 1776…
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Head
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Head
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Head
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Page 38
Head
Quarters 20 March 1776…
Head
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Head
Quarters 22 March 1776…
Head
Quarters 23 March 1776…
Page 40
Head
Quarters 23 March 1776 (cont.)…
[Excerpt
from the General Orders containing reference to Robinson’s Regiment:
Col.
Knox will immediately lay out a Battery upon
Charlestown
point, to be executed under the direction of
Lieut.
Col.o Mason of the Artillery – A Field Officer with
all
the men Off duty, of Col.o Robinsons Regiment
to
march at sunrise tomorrow morning to Charlestown
Point as a working party ------- -------
------- ------- ]
Head
Quarters 24 March 1776…
Page 41
Head
Quarters 24 March 1776 (cont.)…
To Leiut Howard Officer of the Qr guard ~
Sir, I expect you will keep two Centries by night & one
by day & order the Centries by night that in case of an Alarm
or fire or fireing immediately to notify me.. & when you
are relieved to make report of your guard to the Commanding
officer
of the Regiment
Cambridge March ye 24th 1776 John Robinson Colo
A trew Copy - Josiah Fletcher ---
these orders to be handed to the relieving officer successively
until Countermanded ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~
Head
Quarters 25 March 1776…
Head
Quarters 26 March 1776…
Page 42
Head
Quarters 27 March 1776…
[Excerpt
from the General Orders containing reference to Robinson’s Regiment:
…
Upon an alarm Read’s Nixons & Poores Regiments
are
to repair to Bunker Hill.. Varnums & Hitchcocks to
man
the fort upon Prospect Hill. Littles to repair to
Cobble Hill.. Arnolds & Robinsons to Leachmere
point…]
Page 43
Head
Quarters 28 March 1776…
Head
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Head
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Page 44
Regimental Orders 30 March 1776
As the time of this Regiments Ingagement draws to a Close
The Colonel desires that every precaution may be Eused by
the Officers & Soldiers in his Regiment to prevent the
Scandel they may Bring upon them selves in the
Contrary behaviour.. The Col.o has been Informed that some have
thretned to desert their Posts before they are Orderly dismissed
and that they Intend to burn their Barrucks when they leave
them. The Colonel therefore strictly Orders every Captain &
Commissioned Officer to see that no such disorder may be seen
in their Respective Companies. Consequently if any other
Officer or Soldier in his Reg.t shall presume to leave his post
without being Regularly dismissed may depend on Suffering
for the same.. & that the Captains in his Regiment be
Particularly Carfull to see that the Barrucks improved by
them and their Respective Companies are not damaged
in any Respect and also to see that all their fires are put out
when they leave them & that the Barracks are left Clear
and Clean from straw. for if any damage Comes upon
the Barrucks the Captains belonging to them may
depend
on making them good.
Page 45
Head
Quarters 31 March 1776…
finis ~ ~ ~
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Page 46
[This single page appears to significantly
post date the rest of the Orderly Book.]
July 9th 1777
this Day Recd of John Robinson Twenty Shillings in full for
five Days Service in his Regiment before I Marchd I say Recd by me
[signed] Jo. Thaxter
Chapn
July 19th 1777
This Day Rec.d of John Robinson Thirty three Shillings and
four pence to be Delivered to Col.o Saml McCob ~
[McCob served briefly as the regiment’s major]
Page 47
[Blank]
Page 48
Cambridge April the 3, 1776
We the subscribers have received of Col.o John
Robinson the full Pay for our respective Companies
for the Months of Feb. & March in the Continental
Service
12.96 ½ Dollars [signed] John Lamont Capt.
10.80 3/6 Dollars [signed] Josiah Warren Capt.
12.14D 2/9 shd [signed] Asahel Wheeler Capt.
12.35 4/6 [signed] Benjamin Edgel Capt.
12.83 Dol---
[signed] Simon
Edgel Capt.
12.86 Doll
[signed] Job
Shattuck Capt.
14.02 49
[signed] John
Ford Capt.
Cambridge April 3 1776
We the subscribers have received of Col. John Robinson the
full of our Pay for the Months of Feb. & March in the Continental
Service
40 Dollars
[signed] Joseph Thaxter Chapn
37 Dollars 5/8 [signed] Jabez Brown adjt
19 Dollars 3/6 [signed] Nathan Stow Q.M.
77 Dollars 4/5
[signed] John Buttrick
Lieut Colo
26 Dollars 56 [signed] William Little Surgens M
49 Dollars & 4 pence
[signed] Asaph Fletcher Surgeon
Recd
of Adjutant Brown 4 ½ dollars for Capt Ford.
Page 49
1 Horn
Wanting in Cap.t Warrings [Warren’s]
Company
[The following, dated in Westford after the
close of the regiment’s service, is a pay receipt for men from Westford who
served in the regiment. It is the only pay receipt for enlisted men
in the entire orderly book. See the Appendix for further biographical
information about these Westford men]
Westford April ye 5th 1776
We the subscribers have each of us Rec.d of Col.o John Robinson
the full Pay due to us from the Contenant for our service
the month of February & march last in the Continental Army
We say
Rec.d by us
[signed] Thomas
Rogers Sergt
[signed] William Nichols
[signed] Charles Procter
[signed] John Parker
[signed] John Parker in the behalf of David Parker
[signed] Aaron Parker
[signed] Silas Procter Leut
[signed] William Dutton
[signed] Daniel Dudley Jun
[signed] Joseph Dutton
[signed] Nathaniel Chamberlin
[signed] Nathan Cooper[?]
[signed] Benjamin Robbins
[signed] Soloman Spaulding Corp
[signed] Isaac Procter[?]
[signed] Simeon Senter
[signed] David Danforth
Page 50
A Furlough Register
Feby 18th Jonathan Edmonds On Furlough 4 days in Capt Simon Edgel Comp
April
4 - 1776 Concord
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