1From George Washington to Colonel Abraham Buford, 16 February 1779 (Washington Papers)
As the Enemy may be tempted to some Enterprise on a supposition that the festivity of the 18th will occasion remissness in duty —I have directed the Officer commanding at Bonum Town to be particularly vigilant—and to transmit you the earliest intelligence—shd any movement happen —You will therefore be prepared if occasion shd require, to have the convalescents of yr Hospital marched, and the...