Hezekiah Ford to the American Commissioners
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<Nantes, June 25, 1778: Mr. Ross has got me passage to Virginia
on a ship of his. I am told, furthermore, that Capt. Whipple
considers his clerk as chaplain, and would not deprive any
one of his office. I expect to sail in about ten days. If you have
dispatches for Governor Henry I will gladly take them. General
Howe’s cruelties infuriate me, and I regret every day that
I am kept from avenging my countrymen. A tyrant has sacrificed
the innocent for supporting their rights; may God soon
bring a revolution to dethrone him! My apologies for moralizing.>
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