1To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 6 December 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will receive enclosed, Copy of several resolves of Congress of the 4th Instant, in which you will observe, the Officers are prohibited from making any Contract or Bargain, or giving Orders for the Purchase of Articles for the Use of the Troops; in the Department of Cloathier General, Quarter Master General, or Commissary General of Purchases, except in Cases of Necessity, as...