[Charleston] 14th March 1776.
[Extract]
... News from Georgia ー our friends had burned four of the Loaded Vessels one of them very valuable, others made their escape by throwing over board most of their Cargoes & under cover of Men of Wars & Tendersmany of the Men of Wars Men killed & wounded, four of our friends only wounded ー 65 Negroes from Arthur Middleton's plantation near Wright's Savanna carried off ー Wrights Savanna & Altamaha may next Suffer in this Glorious honourable British War ー ...
John Laurens London p Port Henderson
1. Henry Laurens Letter Book, No. 10, SCHS.
