| Index Entry | French, Major, helped to escape prison by Roger Viets |
| Location | Simsbury |
| Citation | CJ-NH.777.007 30 Jan 1777:23, 31 (485) Hartford, January 27. 19 lines] The Rev Roger Viets of Simsbury, convicted of aiding and assisting Maj. French and a number of other prisoners in making their escape, as lately mentioned in this paper, and holding a traiterous correspondence with the enemy, sentenced to pay 20 pounds to the state, and suffer one years imprisonment. [Ed: French was the Irish rhymster of "French's Maggot" etc. fame] |
| Generic Title | Connecticut Journal |
| Date | 1777.01.30 |
| Publisher | Green, Thomas and Samuel |
| City, State | New Haven, CT |
| Year | 1777 |
| Bibliography | B0015077 |