Charles-Town, 23d Dec., 1775.
Gentlemen ー
We have received information, that Mr. Philip Tidyman is privately loading a scooner, or other vessel, with rice, in Santee river, or in some of the inlets northward of Charles-Town. We request you to be attentive to give us the earliest intelligence, and to exercise your own authority, as it is very ample, to put a stop to such proceedings.
By order of the Council of Safety.
Henry Laurens, President.
1. Collections of the South-Carolina Historical Society, Ill, 118.
