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      General Orders, Head-quarters, Boston, Jany. 1. 1800.

In order to express the deep regret and heartfelt sorrow with which every American citizen must necessarily be affected by the decease of General George Washington, America's best and most endeared friend, the Commander in Chief orders, that the Officers and Soldiers of the Militia of this Commonwealth, wear their military uniforms every Sunday for six months from the date hereof, with a black crape on the left fore arm, just above the cuff, and that the hilts of the Officers' swords be also covered with black.

By order of the Commander in Chief, William Donnison, Adjutant-General.

           Brigade Orders, 2. Brigade, 8. Division, 
                                                       Augusta, January 11. 1800.

The Brigade Orders of the 1. instant, being now superseded, will give place to the foregoing General Orders; which last mentioned Orders are herewith directed to be distributed, and a punctual conformity thereto, observed, as far as possible, throughout every department of the second Brigade.

Henry Sewall, Brigadier-General