General Orders, 19 December 1778
General Orders
Head-Quarters Camp Middle-Brook [N.J.] Saturday Decr 19th 1778
Parole Durham—C. Signs Enfield Finland—
Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
GW’s aide Maj. Caleb Gibbs paid £32 New York currency, equal to $80, on this date to John Mason “in full for my servant Hannahs wages, who was in the service of His Excellency General Washington” (Revolutionary War Accounts, Vouchers, and Receipted Accounts, 1776–1780, DLC:GW, ser. 5, vol. 29).