In the Council of Safety.
[Charleston] Friday, Jan. 5th, 1776.
Read the following letters:
From the Committee at George-Town, 3rd Jan., 1776.
From the Committee at St. James, Santee, 30th Dec., 1775.
From the Committee at Beaufort, 1st Jan., 1776.
From the same Committee, 2nd Jan., 1776.
Col. [Stephen] Bull, at Beaufort, 3rd Jan., 1776.
Mr. John Coram, 4th Jan., 1776.
The Council issued orders on the treasury for the payment of the following sums:
| To Capt. Robert Cochran, for his voyage to the northern colonies, |
£ 350 0 0 |
| Capt. Geo. Gab. Powell, his account of sundries for the brigantine Comet, the account for which vessel is to be kept distinct, |
364 2 6 |
A permit was applied for, and granted for the Spanish snow San Miguel, to pass Fort Johnson, in order to proceed upon her voyage.
The following bill was drawn, and delivered to Capt. Cochran:
Gentlemen ー Pay this bill to Capt. Robt. Cochran, or his order, as he may have occasion to draw upon us, for the service, and on account of this colony, as advised in our letter of the 31st December, 1775, any sum or sums of money, not exceeding in the whole ten thousand dollars of continental currency.
In the Council of Safety, 5th Jan., 1776.
By order.
Henry Laurens, President
To Geo. Clymer and Michl. Hillegas, esq., Continental Treasurers at Philadelphia.
The following letters were also written to the delegates from the colony at Philadelphia, and to Capt. Joseph Vesey:
Charles-Town, Jan. 5th, 1776.
Gentlemen ー The Council of Safety have thought it expedient to send Capt. Cochran, to procure seamen in the New-England Colonies for the service and defence of this. He will shew you his instructions; and we request that you will give him every assistance in your power, the better to enable him to complete his business. We refer you to him, for information, in any matters respecting this colony, which you may want to know, and shall be glad to hear from you, by return of the pilot boat in which he goes, and to receive any intelligence worth communicating. Be pleased to direct your letters to the President of this board.
By order of the Council of Safety.
Henry Laurens, President.
The Delegates from South-Carolina.
In the Council of Safety.
Jan. 5th, 1776.
Sir ー You are to proceed in the pilot boat Hawke, in which Capt. Robert Cochran is to go as a passenger, to the Capes of Delaware, and land Capt. Cochran there, or at any port in the Jerseys, which you most readily and safely make, and as Capt. Cochran shall direct. You will also wait until you are discharged by Capt. Cochran, or by the delegates from this colony at Philadelphia, and then return with the utmost dispatch into one of the inlets to the southward of Charles-Town bar, and give us the earliest intelligene of your arrival.
By order of the Council of Safety.
Henry Laurens, President.
Capt. Jos. Vesey.
