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52nd Regiment of Foot Commission

While in America, Richard Mansergh St. George purchased this lieutenant’s commission in the 52nd Regiment’s light infantry company on December 23, 1776. General Howe signed it at the bottom right corner. St. George served in the 52nd Regiment for just over one year.

Military Commission 
December 23, 1776
Paper, Ink
Courtesy of Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Light Infantry Orderly Book

The 64th Regiment’s light infantry company, part of the 2nd Battalion of Light Infantry, kept this orderly book to record its daily activities. Among the battalion orders, the book mentions Richard Mansergh St. George’s guard duty assignments. American troops captured this book at the Battle of Germantown when they overran the light infantry’s camp. It ended up in the possession of General Washington who used it to gather intelligence about the British. 

Orderly Book 
September 14-October 3, 1777
Paper, Ink
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.

Light Infantry Orderly Book

The 64th Regiment’s light infantry company, part of the 2nd Battalion of Light Infantry, kept this orderly book to record its daily activities. Among the battalion orders, the book mentions Richard Mansergh St. George’s guard duty assignments. American troops captured this book at the Battle of Germantown when they overran the light infantry’s camp. It ended up in the possession of General Washington who used it to gather intelligence about the British. 

Orderly Book 
September 14-October 3, 1777
Paper, Ink
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.

Light Infantry Orderly Book

The 64th Regiment’s light infantry company, part of the 2nd Battalion of Light Infantry, kept this orderly book to record its daily activities. Among the battalion orders, the book mentions Richard Mansergh St. George’s guard duty assignments. American troops captured this book at the Battle of Germantown when they overran the light infantry’s camp. It ended up in the possession of General Washington who used it to gather intelligence about the British. 

Orderly Book 
September 14-October 3, 1777
Paper, Ink
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.