1From George Washington to John Parke Custis, 1 February 1778 (Washington Papers)
...her arrival, GW ordered his aide Richard Kidder Meade to meet Martha and escort her to camp; for this purpose Caleb Gibbs provided him with $130 for expenses. On 1–2 Feb., Meade spent $8 on “Beer[,] Supper, Breakfast on the 2d & Horses” and “Dinners,” and on 3–4 Feb. he spent $12 “at the Ferry for Suppers Breakfasts Dinners & Horses,” returning the remainder of the money to...