Sir,
I have the honor to acquaint you that a thousand
draught Horses being provided for the Service of the Troops under the Command
of Major General Howe, of which the General will make the proper distribution,
it is not thought proper that your Regiment should carry any Baggage Horses
with them.
I am further to inform you that H[is] M[ajesty]
does not think proper to permit any Additions to be made to the proportion of
Horses already settled for the use of the Officers of your Reg[imen]t,
notwithstanding there are six additional Cornets; that number being intended to
serve dismounted.
I have the
honor to be
Sir &c
Major General Burgoyne Barrington
Colonel of the Queen's
Regt. of Light Dragoons.
Like Letter of the same
date to Major General Preston, Colonel of the 17th Regt. of Light Dragoons.
Source: P.R.O., M.0-4/96, #169. Microfilm Collection of the David
Library of the American Revolution. Transcribed by Gilbert Riddle.