George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 10 May 1779
George Washington to
Brigadier General William Maxwell
Middlebrook [New Jersey] May 10, 1779. Regrets that New Jersey officers persist in their complaint about soldiers’ pay. States that “All that the common soldiery of any country can expect is food and cloathing.”
Df, in writings of Richard Kidder Meade and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.