1From George Washington to the Hartford Committee of Safety, 7 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
I am to acquaint you that I lately received a Letter from Major French who is a prisoner in Your place, signifying that his Parole would be out the 12th Inst. & that he had no intentions of renewing it —This Conduct I must confess appears very extraordinary as he cannot be ignorant that he has been hitherto considered as a prisoner of War, and that accepting his parole at first was an...
2From George Washington to the Hartford Committee of Safety, 26 September 1775 (Washington Papers)
Your Favour of the 18th Instant & one from Major French on the Same Subject have come Safely to Hand. From the general Character of this Gentleman, & the acknowledged Politeness & Attention of the Committee of Hartford to the Gentlemen intrusted to their Care I flatter’d myself there would have been a mutual Emulation of Civility which would have resulted in the Ease & Convenience of both. I...