[Cruizer, off Fort Johnston, North Carolina June 18, 1775]2
No. 4.
Dear Sir, Do be so obliging to let me know if you have any News from the Northward as I boarded a sloop toDay which came from Charles Town before that from Rhode Island he told me Capt [John] Lindsey [Linzee] was there from the disposition of the People here I am laying off Fort Johnston where the Governor is he has just sent his Family to New York. I am Dr Sir [&c.]
Fran Parry
P.S. If the Frigate or Sloop that bring Ld William [Campbell] is to go to the Northward or England Governor [Josiah] Martin would be obliged to you to order her to call here
To Captain Thornborough of his Majesty's ship Tamer Charlestown
1. Copy in Johnston Collection, HL. It is attested by William Henry Drayton, Chairman of the South Carolina Committee of Safety.
2. The date is approximated. Governor Campbell arrived at Charleston June 16, 1775, and the sloop from there must have left that port prior to his advent.
