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Lieut.-Col. Henderson to Capt. Buchanan [Original MS.] RECRUITING ORDERS CAMP PURYSBURG, February 5, 1779. SIR: You are to set out immediately on the recruiting service. You are to recruit anywhere within the State; you are to enlist no man under the age of sixteen nor above forty-five; you are to enlist no notorious rogue if you know it; you are to bring all the men you enlist to Headquarters or cause them to be brought; all the men you enlist, you are to give five hundred dollars to-fifty in hand and the rest when you gain Head-Quarters-for the first month after the 29th of January last; for the second month four hundred dollars; for the third month three hundred and fifty dollars, and the same pay and rations as usual; you are to enlist no man for less time than sixteen months. But as many as you can during the war; you are from time to time to let the commanding officer know what success you have and what part of the country you are in; you are to go from here to Charlestown; you are not to stay there more than three days before you set out-from which time, you are to join Head-Quarters in six weeks, unless you have strong reason to believe you will have good success, in which case you are to stay some days longer. You are to deceive no man to enlist him. All reasonable expenses will be paid for bringing recruits to Head-Quarters. WM. HENDERSON, Lieut.-Col. 6th Regiment. (From Documentary History of the American Revolution, by Gibbes, Volume 2, p. 99) Doc ID: Gibbes, v. 2, p. 99a Date: 2/5/1779 |
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