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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">[Orderly book kept in Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1780]</dc:title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
    Thayer, Simeon,
    1738-1800.
  </dc:creator><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
    Brown, John Nicholas,
    1900-1979.
    fmo
    RIBRL.
  </dc:creator><dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">manuscripttext</dc:type><dc:publisher xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">[Newport or Portsmouth, R.I. : s.n,</dc:publisher><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">1780]</dc:date><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">eng</dc:language><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ms. codex.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Title supplied by cataloguer.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Signed at foot of p. [15]: Samuel Reed his book of Abington March ye 3 1781 Sa.; other names listed in entries in the book are: Jo. Jacobs or J. Jacobs, and Simeon Thayer.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Entries are dated from either Camp Butts Hill [now part of Portsmouth, Rhode Island] or Headquarters Newport dated from Aug. 30, 1780 to Oct. 9, 1780.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Orderly Books were the controlling document of the day-to-day life in the military, most notably during the Revolutionary War. They contain handwritten military orders, movements and engagements by brigade, regiment, company and other specific military units. Provides detailed accounts of troops' daily lives, documenting everything from court martial cases to the price of necessities charged by locals.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">John Carter Brown Library copy housed in green cloth folder measuring 25 cm. in height.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">John Carter Brown Library copy acquired as a gift of John Nicholas Brown through the JCB Associates.</dc:description><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">United States. Continental Army.</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Manuscripts</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Imprint 1780.</dc:subject><dc:coverage xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">United States Newport.</dc:coverage><dc:coverage xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">United States Portsmouth.</dc:coverage></oai_dc:dc>