1From George Washington to William Shippen, Jr., 28 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
In your last you mentioned your Intention of innoculating all the Recruits who had not had the small Pox, this would be a very Salutary Measure if we could prevent them from bringing the Infection on to the Army, but as they cannot have a change of Cloathes, I fear it is impossible. We shall soon have the Troops from the Eastward, and as few of them have had that disorder, we should have a...