1801, March 11 and 12 Stampless Folded Letters with Two Separate U.S. Army General Orders, Washington D.C. to to Fort Washington

Stampless folded letter datelined "Head Quarters, City of Washington" and addressed to the Commanding Officer and Fort Washington, carried as official military mail with manuscript "Public Service" and signature of E.D. Turner, Brigade Inspector. The folded letter encloses two separate manuscript General Orders issued from Army Headquarters in the City of Washington on consecutive days, each signed by Brigade Inspector E.D. Turner.
The first, dated March 11, 1801, sets the disposition of subaltern officers for the 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, listing sixteen Captains' companies with the assigned Lieutenants for each, together with the regimental Pay Master, Adjutant, and Quarter Master. The order assigns Captain Lillie's company to the 2d Battalion at Fort Jay in New York Harbor, Captain Beall's company to the 3d Battalion in Newport Harbor, and Captain Dunham's company to the 4th Battalion at Fort Independence.
The second, dated March 12, 1801, sets the corresponding disposition for the 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. The company late under Captain Elliot is reassigned to Captain Tallman, and sixteen further companies are listed with their assigned Lieutenants and the regimental Adjutant, Quarter Master, and Pay Master.
The orders were issued during the first weeks of the Jefferson administration, which had taken office on March 4, 1801, and document the officer assignments of the United States Army's two regular regiments of Artillerists and Engineers as established under the Act of May 9, 1794.