[Camp at Cambridge, May 28, 1775] 2
The General Much Approves of the Vigilance & Courage of the Officers and Soldiers under the Command of Col. [Ephraim] Doolittle in the late Action at Chelsea, & has ordered 2 Barrils of Rum to be dealt out to them in equal portions for their Service.
1. The Magazine of History with Notes & Queries (New York, 1909), X, 110.
2. The General Order is undated, but the logical date is the day after the engagement it refers to.
