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COL. maetin's regbiental orders. 347 Of men Under your Command and that Lieut. Kinnicutt and his men and ye Alaram men are Excused from ye Guard, and these to replace them. Your orders Are to Keep Guard Night and Day, your further orders are to Make A Weackly Return of ye State of your Company To my Quarters In Bristol And to Draw Provisions to Mr. Nathan Miller's Comesary. Pr Order CoUo. Martin N, Humphrey, Clk. Headquarters are removed again to Barrington, April 6th, 1777. " Barrington Head Quarters April ye 6, 1777. Coll Natha'l Martin's Regt ordered to march to Bristol and to Barrington in order to Relieve the Third Division, to Keepe as Good a gard as possible with So fue men." " Barrington Head Quarters April ye 7, 1777. Marcht to Bristl and But a fue men appeared and Returned Home and went to Nayet and Rumstick and Sot the gards." "Barrington Head Quarters April ye 8, 1777. Nothing Remarcable gards as pr order at Bristol and at Barrington as yushel " "Barrington Head Quarters April ye 9, 1777. Gards as pr order and But a fue men appeared to Bristol and my orders was from the Genneral asembly and Coun- cel of War to Call the Regt together and to send Second part of the First Division to Bristol and send them forred and to See that the Regt is equipt with Eavry aCutement aCording to Law in order to march at a moments warning." "Barrington Head Quarters April ye 10, 1777. Incine Martin, your orders are to march your Company from Bristol to Mr. Peter Churches and there to gard the West Shore from mr Pecks Rocks down to the mill gutt