Charles Town 5th Septem. 1775 ー
[Extract]
. . . We are not under the least doubt of your ability to defeat any Plots which [Moses] Kirkland may have concerted against Fort Charlotte or Augusta, & since you have thus seriously entered upon a contest with him, it will be absolutely necessary to subdue him, or drive him out of the Country . . .
We have Resolved to equip three Schooners to be mounted with two Nine pounders each, for defence of this Harbour & have named Commissioners for the purpose ー Captains [Edward] Blake [Clement] Lempriere & [Benjamin] Tucker ー We have also Ordered the Militia throughout the Colony to be held in readiness as in time of Alarm . . .
1. South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, I, 197-199. Drayton was a prominent South Carolina patriot who became president of the South Carolina Provincial Congress on November 1, 1775.
