June 16. [1775] Col. Armstrong2 came from Cross Creek, and told us all sorts of things about the present unrest in the Colonies, the confusion constantly increases, Gov. Josiah Martin is said to have gone to Fort Johnston, in Wilmington they wanted to close the harbor but could secure no gun-powder.
1. Fries, ed., Moravians in North Carolina, II, 875.
2. Col. Martin Armstrong, of the Surry County Militia.
