Head Quarters
New York Island, 26th September 1776
Regulation
of Forage to be issued by the Commissary General The Ration for Dragoon Horses
for both officers and men is to consist of 14 pounds of Hay and 10 pounds of
Oats or Seven pounds of Indian corn.
The Ration for Waggon [sic] Horses is to Consist of 12 pounds of Hay, 8
pounds of oats, or 5 pounds of Indian Corn.
September 26, 1776 - June 2,
1777
[Captain Henry Knight, Aide-de-Camp to General Howe.]
[New
York Historical Society Collection, Mss. pages 2-3.]