In the Council of Safety, [Charleston]
Friday, Dec. 29th, 1775.
The following letter was written to the Committee at George-Town:
Charles-Town, Dec. 29th, 1775.
Gentlemen ー We thank you for the intelligence contained in your letter of the 26th, which reached us yesterday, about noon.
If such a fact as you have been informed of was actually seen from the shore of Waccamaw, there can be scarcely a doubt about their destination. We may expect to hear and see more of them when the weather becomes settled; in the mean time, we shall persevere in making preparations for defence.
The Sandwich packet, Capt. Nottingham, arrived in Rebellion-Road, on Tuesday last. Lord William Campbell has forbid all communication with her, and Mr. William Heyward, a passenger, is detained a prisoner on board. Intelligence which his Lordship so sedulously withholds, whether good or bad, is probably above the ordinary course. We have waited with impatience for an answer to our letter of the 21st inst., but have not yet received one.
By order of the Council of Safety.
Henry Laurens, President.
The Committee at George-Town.
Read a letter from the Council of Safety, in Georgia, dated Savannah, 19th December, 1775, brought by Stephen Drayton and Wm. Ewen, esqs.
Read a letter from Col. [Stephen] Bull, 23rd December, 1775.
Mr. William Tweed made application for the discharge of his negro Adventure, who had been taken up at sea by one of the armed pilot boats.
An order was issued accordingly.
Stephen Drayton and William Ewen, esqs., from Georgia, attended the board, as a delegation from the Council of Safety there, to represent the present state of affairs in that colony.
Having produced their credentials, they made a representation accordingly.
Capt. [Benjamin] Stone reported, that he had executed the order of the Council to remove all the live-stock from Morris Island, and returned an inventory.
