George Washington to Dragoon Commanders, 25 October 1777
George Washington to Dragoon Commanders
[Whitpain Township, Pennsylvania] October 25, 1777. Deplores manner in which horses have been acquired from disaffected persons. Rescinds former instructions. States that anyone found meddling with private property does so “on pain” of “militiary execution.”
Df, in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.