1From George Washington to William Heath, 5 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
I was last evening favored with your Letters of the 3d and 4th Instant. I am pleased to find the Recruits arrive in such numbers as you mention, and desire only that you will use your discretion entirely, in barracking or encamping the Troops in the best manner possible to preserve their health—Straw will be an essential article upon their first going into Tents. I have not the least...