Sir,

You are hereby Ordered and Directed to give orders to all the Kings Officers, Captains or Next Commanding Officers of the Militia in the third Battalion in Suffolk County to Call their Several Companys together at the Usual Places Immediately and to order all them that have taken up Arms against the King to Lay Down their Arms and to take the Oath of Allegiance to the King and to Sign a Role of Submission Disclaiming and Rejecting the Orders of Congress or Committees and to Obey the Legal Authority of Government.

To Col. Phinehas FANNING
Or the Next Commanding Officer

A True Copy from the Original
Henry B. LIVINGSTON

Papers of the Continental Congress, M 247, Reel 167, i 152, Vol. 3, page 95.

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