Sir The Council of safety are desirous of consulting you upon a subject of great importance in the American Cause & by their order I request you to meet them in the State House to Morrow Morning ー the Council will sit from 9 to 11 oClockー
I am with great regard Sir
Thursday Night 13 July 1775
1. South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, I (Charleston, 1900), 183.