BIB_ID
379489
Accession number
MA 2909.38
Creator
Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820.
Display Date
1800 or later].
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Douglas C. Ewing, 1972.
Description
1 item (16 p.) ; 31.8 cm
Notes
Date is based on a reference within the document to the "order of the 9th of March 1800"; this document cannot have been written before this date.
Endorsed.
Full title: "Code established by General His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces in British North America, for the purpose of placing the daily duties, parades, &c. of the several corps within his command, on one general system for their interior duty, to be invariably observed by the commanding officers of regiments, corps, and detachments."
Part of a collection of letters from Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Colonel Frederick Augustus Wetherall. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 2909 for details.
Endorsed.
Full title: "Code established by General His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces in British North America, for the purpose of placing the daily duties, parades, &c. of the several corps within his command, on one general system for their interior duty, to be invariably observed by the commanding officers of regiments, corps, and detachments."
Part of a collection of letters from Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Colonel Frederick Augustus Wetherall. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 2909 for details.
Summary
Providing a detailed daily schedule for troops to follow.
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