1From George Washington to George Clinton, 10 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have given the most peremptory Orders, that no Flags from the Enemy shall be received at any other place, or post, but Dobbs’s Ferry, on any business or pretext whatever,and that no Flags from us to them, shall (for any reason however pressing) be permitted to pass to the Enemies Lines, except from the same place. This I thought essentially necessary for many Reasons, which I doubt not will...