In the Council of Safety
[Charleston] Tuesday, Jan. 9th, 1776.
Col. [Owen] Roberts attended, according to the order of yesterday; and after conferring with that gentleman upon the subject of the report made by Mr. [John] Rutledge yesterday, the Council
Resolved, That possession be forthwith taken of Sullivan's Island, and a strong fort and battery erected thereon, for defending the channel and harbour of Charles-Town; and that a temporary battery be erected there in order to defend the work, under the immediate direction of Col. Roberts.....
Mr. Cornelius Dewees was then ordered to be called, and attending, the following contract was entered into with him:
Memorandum ー Mr. Dewees is to deliver Palmetto logs, until further orders, not less than ten inches diameter in the middle, one-third to be eighteen fret long, the other two-thirds twenty feet long, at such part of Sullivan's Island as he shall be directed; and to be allowed one shilling per foot for all such logs so delivered ー in which delivery the utmost expedition must be used.
In the Council of Safety, Jan. 9, 1776.
Henry Laurens, President.
Resolved, That the ordnance store-keeper do deliver to the order of Col. Roberts all such cannon and ordnance stores as he, from time to time, shall require for the works to be erected upon Sullivan's Island.
Resolved, That the colony powder-receiver do deliver to Col. Roberts' order any quantity of gunpowder not exceeding eight hundred pounds weight in the whole.
Read a letter from Col. Stephen Bull, dated Sheldon, 7th Jan., 1776.
Read another letter from Col. Bull, 8th Jan., 1776.
Read a letter from the Committee at Beaufort, 6th Jan., 1776, inclosing an inventory of the cargo of the brigt. William, John Mercier, master, from Georgia for London, secured in Beaufort harbour, to prevent a violation of the Continental Association's resolutions. Also an account of expences for bringing said brigantine from Georgia, amounting to £275 2s. 6d.
Read a letter from Col. Elias Horry, Santee, 7th Jan., 1776.
Read a proposal of Mr. Peter Le Poole, for the importation of certain necessary articles.
