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to November 24tli, 1776 ; from June 28tli to October 14th 

 1778 ; from March 6th to July 28th, 1779 ; and from 

 August 3d to November 26th, 1781. 



Orderly Books of the Revolution are very rare, and it is 

 doubtful whether there exists in the country another scries 

 so complete and well preserved as this. Such books were 

 at the time considered of no value, except for a temporary 

 purpose, and the many accidents and irregularities of camp 

 life caused them in most cases to be poorly kept and soon 

 lost. For the student of American History, nothing could 

 afford so interesting, and at the same time so reliable a 

 source of information. 



These books were kept in the 21st Provincial, afterwards 

 the 14th Continental Regiment. Tliis regiment was com- 

 manded by Col. John Glover, from the commencement of 

 the Revolution till the 21st of February, 1777, when he was 

 made Brigadier General. From that time till the close of 

 the war, it constituted part ol General Glover's Brigade. A 

 sketch of his life, therefore, will serve as a proper accompan- 

 iment and illustration of these Orderly Books. 



General John Glover was born in Salem, Mass., Nov. 5th, 

 1732, of a wealthy family that had been established in Salem 

 from its earliest settlement. He removed to Marblehead at 

 an early age, and was there engaged in mercantile pursuits 

 till the outbreak of the Revolution. He then took command 

 of the regiment raised in Marblehead, and on the 15th of 

 June, 1775, marched with them to Cambridge. There ho 

 and his regiment had an important share in that series of 

 manceuvres which resulted in the evacuation of Boston by 

 the British. 



From the latter part of the year till July 20th, 1776, he 

 was stationed at Beverly to superintend the equipment of 

 the armed vessels that did such service at that time. Under 

 his care were fitted out the expeditions of Selman, Brough- 



