Head  Quarters  New York

                               14th February 1777.

           

            The Commander in Chief has been pleased to make the fallowing Promotions.

 

                                  17th Light Dragoons

           

            Ensign Thomas Remain from [the] 43d Regiment [is] to be Cornet by Purchase, vice Anderson who retires. 11th D[itt]o

 

                        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 214.]