The Pennsylvania Committee of Safety to the New York
Committee of Safety
LS: New York State Library, Albany
<August 17, 1775: We request you to receive and forward to
Washington’s camp, as we have promised to do, the baggage of
Major French and two other British officers on parole. We will
pay the charges if the Major has already passed through New York;
otherwise he will. Signed by Franklin for the committee.>
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