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Mr. President laid the following copies of letters, which he had been desired to write, before the board
Charles-Town, Dec. 19th, 1775.
Gentlemen ー Your several dispatches of the 14th came to hand last night, and were considered at our meeting this morning.
There is no resolution of the Continental Congress against vessels going away in ballast, and no doubt but that such may be permitted to...
Date: 20 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Mr. [John] Rutledge moved, that it should be taken into consideration to send a proper person to New-England, to engage seamen there, to man the naval armament of this colony.
Ordered, That the said motion be taken into consideration tomorrow morning.
Ordered, That a vessel now lying at George-Town, belonging to Gloucester, in New-England, be stopped from proceeding on her return, until further...
Date: 21 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
We have received information, that Mr. Philip Tidyman is privately loading a scooner, or other vessel, with rice, in Santee river, or in some of the inlets northward of Charles-Town. We request you to be attentive to give us the earliest intelligence, and to exercise your own authority, as it is very ample, to put a stop to such proceedings.
By order of the Council of Safety.
Date: 23 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The following letter was written to the Committee at George-Town:
Charles-Town, Dec. 29th, 1775.
Gentlemen ー We thank you for the intelligence contained in your letter of the 26th, which reached us yesterday, about noon.
If such a fact as you have been informed of was actually seen from the shore of Waccamaw, there can be scarcely a doubt about their destination. We may expect to hear and see...
Date: 29 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Mr. President laid before the Council the following letters which he had written by their direction:
Charles-Town, South Carolina,
Jan. 2nd, 1776.
Gentlemen ー Your several letters of the 20th and 25th Nov., and 9th Dec., and one of the 5th Dec., from the Committee of Safety for the District of Wilmington, are before this board....
We wish it was in our power to assist you with the article of...
Date: 3 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3