15th January 1777.
A Detachment of a
Subaltern and 30 Dismounted Dragoons, [are] to take Post at Greenwich, to
parade tomorrow morning at Guard Mounting with their Blankets and two days
Provisions.
British Orderly Books;
Sir William Howe, Commander in Chief
September 26, 1776 -
June 2, 1777
[Captain Henry Knight,
Aide-de-Camp to General Howe.]
[New York Historical
Society Collection, Mss page 178.]