<div align="right"> <font face="Book Antiqua">May 6, 1778
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania</div id="right">
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<font size="5">I</font id="size5">n <i><font size="5">H</font id="size5"> O N O R</i> of the recent <font size="2">TREATY</font id="size2"> with the <font size="4">N</font id="size4">ation & People of <b><font size="4"><font size="5">F</font id="size5">RANCE</font id="size4"></b>, all battalions are to fall in and form for a <font size="4"><i>Grand Parade </i></font id="size4">and <i><b>REVIEW</b></i>.
A firing of 13 C<font size="1">ANNON</font id="size1"> will precede a <i>feu de joie </i>by all ranks:
<font size="4">U</font id="size4">pon a signal given, the whole army will
<i>HUZZA</i>, <font size="4"><b><i>Long live the King of France!</i></b> </font id="size4">
the artillery then begins again and fires thirteen rounds; this
will be succeeded by a second general discharge of the musketry in a
running fire, and
<i>HUZZA, <font size="4"><b>Long live the friendly European Powers!</i></b></font id="size4">
The last discharge of thirteen pieces of artillery will be given, followed by a general running fire, and
<i>HUZZA, <font size="4"><b>The American States!</i></b></font id="size4">
<font size="4">H</font id="size4">ereafter refered to as
<b><i><font size="4">A</font id="size4">LLIANCE <font size="4">D</font id="size4">AY</i></b>
a second ration of Rum has been authorized for distribution.
<font size="4">T</font id="size4">he coming year will see us <i>hotly</i> engage the oppressive soldiers of <i>England</i> and her dread <i>HESSIAN</i> Allies. With your perseverance, sweat and blood, <i><b>LIBERTY</b></i> will be served for these <font size="4">13</font id="size4"> <font size="4">U</font id="size4">nited <font size="4">S</font id="size4">tates of <font size="4">A</font id="size4">MERICA.</font id="Book Antiqua"></center>
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