Diary of Sergeant James McMichael, June 28, 1776

Several scouting parties sent out, who having captured the officers of the Tories, swore them to be true to Congress, and then dismissed them.

SOURCE: “Diary of Lieutenant James McMichael,” William H. Egle, Editor, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XV: Journals and Diaries of the War of the Revolution with Lists of Officers and Soldiers, 1775-1783, p. 196