In the Council of Safety, [Charleston], Friday, 16th Feb., 1776.
The following orders were drawn on the colony treasury ー to pay:
To Capt. Joseph Turpin, to be changed to account of the Brigantine Comet, £250 00 00
Capt [Edward] Blake and Capt. [Thomas] Tucker attended, and were conferred with upon the practicability of obstructing the passage into Hog-Island Creek.
Ordered, That they proceed to sounding the said passage tomorrow.
1. Collections of the South-Carolina Historical Society, III, 261.
