By the Council of Safety [Charleston] 9th March 1776.
Ordered that Mr. [Alexander] Elsinaure & in case of his absence a proper person to be appointed by Capt. [Simon] Tufts forthwith to conduct & pilot the Ship port Henderson from Rebellion Road to a Safe Mooring place under the Command of Fort Johnson where the Ship is to lye till further ordersー
1. South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, IV, 200.