In the Council of Safety [Charleston] Friday afternoon, July 21, 1775
Capt. [Clement] Lempriere, Capt. [John] Hatter, Capt. Tiefts and Mr. [Tunes] Tebout, attended.
Ordered, That they draw a plan and estimate for the secret service they are to be employed upon, and that they give in the same tomorrow.
1. Collections of the South Carolina Historical Society, II, 53, 54.