Savannah in Georgia the 18th of July, 1775.
[Extract] No. 54
On the 13 instant at night two Gentlemen came here from Charles Town sent as I was informed by the Council of Safety there and they have Prevail'd on the [Provincial] Congress to let them have 5000 weight of the Gun Powder and which they carried away with them, and I am Informed that Some of the Liberty People here, Assisted in Putting on board the Vessell they came in a brass field Peice and Carriage belonging to His Majesty, this I did not hear of till Afterwards, but if I had I could not have Prevented it.
1. Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, III, 196-199, from PRO, Colonial Office, Class 5.
