1From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 28 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
I received your favors of the 26th and 27th Inst. with the several new-york papers. The directions of the board of war relative to the French commissary of prisoners is to be complyed with as far as possible. There is I believe a resolve of Congress in the hands of Mr Beatty for the supplying the French prisoners with the enemy—but as I cannot, at this instant, have recourse to it—I do not...