The. Continental govt stiffed a lot of other folks too!

George Rogers Clark comes to mind.

Thomas Paine was also treated very poorly.

Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester

"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."

WS