Charles Town So Carolina 5th September 1775 ー
[Extract]
Yesterday our Grenadier Company Commanded by Capt. B. Elliott were detached into Rebellion Road in order to take certain deserters from on board a Sloop lying under protection of the Tamar Man of War ー the deserters it seems had fled on board the Man of War but Capt Elliott brought the Sloop up to Charles Town this is the vessel which took in part of Capt [Richard] Maitland's Cargo for St Augustine & put in here in distress ー
1. South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, I, 196, 197. Laurens was president of the South Carolina Council of Safety and chairman of the South Carolina General Committee.
