1From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Charles Stewart, 5 September 1777 (Hamilton Papers)
According to John Bakeless “General Washington himself dealt with a few secret agents directly. One of these was probably the German baker—and specialist in fancy gingerbread—Christopher Ludwick, who, as “Baker General” of the Continental Army, supplied such bread as he could to the troops at Valley Forge. German born, long in business in Philadelphia, he was the ideal agent to encourage...