In the Council of Safety [Charleston],
Sunday, Dec. 17th, 1775.
The following orders and letters were written:
In the Council of Safety, Dec. 17th, 1775.
Sir ー You are directed to confer with the Hon. William Henry Drayton and Doct. [David] Oliphant, upon taking post and erecting a fascine battery for four canon, eighteen pounders, at Haddrel's Point, with all convenient dispatch; and for this service you will order a detachment from the provincials, consisting of two hundred privates, commanded by a major; one surgeon is necessary.
You are likewise to order Capt. [Barnard] Beckman, of the Artillery Regiment, upon this service, and that he do provide all necessary stores for the canon, with all possible dispatch.
By order of the Council of Safety,
Henry Laurens, President.
Col. [William] Moultrie.
In the Council of Safety,
Charles-Town, Dec. 17th, 1775.
Sir ー You are ordered to furnish Capt. Beckman with all such stores as he may call for, and if they are not in the magazine, you will provide them, and charge to the public.
By order of the Council of Safety,
Henry Laurens, President.
[Robert Cochran]
The Secretary, from the committee of observation, reported that he had last night stopt the sloop Betsy from proceeding on her voyage to Georgia, caused its sails to be unbent and put into one of Mr. Gibbes' stores; that there are on board four packages shipped by Lord William Campbell's steward; that a guard was therefore placed on board to prevent anything being landed; and that the captain had readily delivered all the letters, and from their address, seemed to be of no consequence.
Ordered, That the goods on board Capt. Willis' sloop, belonging to Lord William Campbell, be removed to his lordship's house, and that an exact inventory be taken of the whole, under the inspection of Fenwick Bull, esq., notary public, Mr. John Siegell, his lordship's steward, and Capt. Robert Cochran, ordnance-storekeeper, on the part of the Council; and that all the wearing apparel belonging to Lady William Campbell and her children, together with those in the custody of Col. Moultrie, be sent down and tendered to her ladyship on board the armed ship Cherokee.
