Head-quarters, Cambridge, 27th August, 1775 . His Excellency General Washington has been informed that great quantities of new cyder are daily brought into this camp and sold to the Army under his command ... Those persons who are found in this camp selling new cyder to the soldiers will be considered as enemies to America, and be treated accordingly.

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