Head Quarters New York
28th November 1776.
The Detachments of the
Royal Artillery and 17th Dragoons, 3d Battalion [of] Light Infantry, 3d
Battalion [of] Grenadiers, 3d and 5th Brigades [of] British and 2 Brigade[s]
[of] Hessians (Losbergs and Schmidts) as well as all the Officers and Soldiers
now Embarked under the Command of Lieutenant General Clinton, will receive
their Orders from him.
September 26, 1776 -
June 2, 1777
[Captain Henry Knight,
Aide-de-Camp to General Howe.]
[New York Historical
Society Collection, Mss. page 124.]