3rd Nov[embe]r 1776.

The 16th and 17th Dragoons are immediately to make up three days Forage [sic] in order to carry with them when the Army moves.

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 77.]