In the Council of Safety,
[Charleston] Monday, Jan. 29th, 1776.
Mr. Gibbes informed the board, of the dangerous situation of a flat laden with cannon for Sullivan's Island.
Whereupon the following order was issued to Capt. Drayton:
Ordered, That Capt. Drayton, do immediately send an officer with a proper number of men, to give all possible assistance in getting off a flat laden with cannon, that is a-ground on the spit in Hog Island creek.
Capt. [William] Pindar applied for a permit to proceed on his voyage to [New] Providence. And at the same time laid before the board an account of stores belonging to his vessel that had been dissipated.
Ordered, That Mr. President do write to Capt. [Benjamin] Stone upon this subject.