1To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Udny Hay, 1 June 1780 (Washington Papers)
I returnd the night before last from the eastward, and flatter myself the purposes for which I was sent (of which your Excellency was acquainted by general Howe) have been so far effected as to prevent us from the Colamitus situation into which we were so likely to be plunged. As the farmers who have kept our public horses have positively refused letting them go till they are paid for keeping...