Savannah, in the Council of Safety, March 16, 1776.
[No. 4.]
Gentlemen: As we have already pledged our faith to release all the King's officers, and others now in our custody, upon the enlargement of our captive friends, and we, holding it inviolate, are yet willing to perform our engagement. Should this exchange take place, such of them as choose to leave the Province may; and such as do not, may remain upon their parole of honour to refrain from all connection with the King's vessels and soldiery. And we do now declare that we will neither make, or receive, any other terms.
By order of the Council of Safety:
William Ewen, President.
1. Force, comp., American Archives, 4th, V, 603.
