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Read a letter from Capt. [George Gabriel] Powell, 5th Jan., 1776.
Whereas, all the British ships of war that were in Rebellion Road, have this day quitted the harbour. Therefore
Resolved, That the order of this board of the 4th instant, to Capt. Powell, to proceed with the brigantine Comet through Wappoo Creek into Stono River, be withdrawn; and that Capt Powell do forthwith return with the said...
Date: 6 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
Colonel [Christopher] Gadsden lately coming from Philadelphia in one of our Pilot Boats was driven on Shear on the Coast of North Carolina by a Schooner tender to a Man of War in the offing supposed to have been the Syren 2 himself his eldest son the Master of the Boat & all the Crew escaped with all papers of consequence & many other articles but the Boat was hove off by the...
Date: 13 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3