Documentary History of the American Revolution, consisting of letters and papers relating to the contest for liberty, chiefly in South Carolina ... 1764-1776 (1776-1782)

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DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: CONSISTING OF LETTERS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE CONTEST FOR LIBERTY; CHIEFLY IN SOUTH CAROLINA, FROM ORIGINALS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE EDITOR, AND OTHER SOURCES. 1776-1782. BY R. W. GIBBES, M. D., MEMBER OP THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE; OF THE NEW YORE HISTORICAL SOCIETY; OF THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY; OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA; OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY; OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE, WASHINGTON; OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN ANTIQUARIES OF COPENHAGEN J OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA J OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY; OF THE LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK; OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN OF NEW YORK, AC, AC. NEW-YORK: D. APPLETON & CO. 1857. Entered according to Act of Congress in the Clerk's Office of the District of South Carolina, Mareh 12th, 1853. PRINTED AT THE COLOMBIA BANNER OFFICE, COLUMBIA, S. C. TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

Preface

. It is proper that I should make a special acknowledgment for contri butions to the present volume to the following friends who have kindly aided me : Mrs. Dr- Holbrook, Mrs. A. E. Gibbes, and Col. Jas. Ferguson, of Charleston, S. O, Rev. J. M. Pringle, of Columbia, S. O, Hon. J. Buchanan, of Winnsboro', S. O, Capt. John Irvin, Abbeville, S. C, and Frank M. Etting, Esq., of Philadelphia, Pa. Many of the unpublished papers of the Hon. Wm. H. Drayton, for which, in a previous volume, I have expressed my indebtedness to his grandson, Alfred Rose Drayton, Esq., of Charleston, are now given ; and some of the letters collected by Gen. Peter Horry, of which my first volume waschiefly composed, are continued in the <Drder of dates. For the present, this volume will be the last, though at a future day I may add others.

The very favorable notice which those previously published have received, has been very gratifying to me, and, if I have contributed to preserve important memorials of the history of my native State, I am fully repaid for any labor of mine in arranging the papers which for twenty-five years I have enjoyed much interest in collecting. R. W. GIBBES. ERRATA. ■On page 91, in the note, read " Thos. Shubrick," instead of " Ladson." On page 152, for "Martin," read "Mark." Page GEN. PINCKNEY TO HIS MOTHER, 1 EXTRACTS FROM MAJOR ELLIOTT'S ORDERLY BOOK,... 1 GEN. C. C. PINCKNEY TO HIS MOTHER, 3 GEN. C. C. PINCKNEY TO HIS MOTHER, 4 A RETURN OF THE TROOPS IN FORT MOULTRIE, 28th JUNE, 1776, UNDER THE COMMAND OF COL. WILLIAM MOULTRIE, 5 MAJOR B. ELLIOTT TO MRS. ELLIOTT, 6 GEN. C. C. PINCKNEY' TO HIS MOTHER— THE BATTLE OF FORT MOULTRIE, 7 BATTLE OF FORT MOULTRIE, 10 NARRATIVE BY THOMAS BENNETT OF COL. DONELSON'S MASSA- CHUSETTS REGIMENT, DANIEL HAWKINS, OF BOSTON, ROBERT SCOTT AND EDMOND ALLSTON, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND JAMES SCOTT, OF VIRGINIA— AMERICANS TAKEN BY THE ENEMY AT SEA, AND DESERTERS FROM THE FLEET WHICH ATTACKED AND WAS REPULSED FROM SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, JUNE 28, 1776, 11 ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK ON FORT MOULTRIE, 12 MAJOR WM.SON TO W. H. DRAYTON, 22 CHIEF JUSTICE DRAYTON TO PRESIDENT LAURENS,, 28 FRANCIS SALVADOR TO HON. CHIEF JUSTICE DRAYTON, .5...... 24 A. WM.SON TO — , 26 WM. H. DRAYTON TO FRANCIS SALVADOR, 28 REV. JAS. CRESWELL TO W. H. DRAYTON, 30 A. WM.SON TO W. H. DRAYTON, 32 FLORIAN CHARLES MEY TO WM. HENRY DRAYTON, 33 MEMORANDUM OF MR. FARR FOR W. H. DRAYTON, 33 SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY, J. RUTLEDGE, 34 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT RELATIVE TO A FORT AT CHERAW HILL, 35 GEN. HOWE'S LETTER TO GOV.

RUTLEDGE, 36 HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN RUTLEDGE TO HON. WM. HENRY DRAYTON, 42 ROBERT HOWE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONORABLE CONVEN- TION OF NORTH CAROLINA 43 MAJOR F. MARION'S ORDERLY BOOK,.... 44 JOURNAL OF CAPT. CHARLES S. MIDDLETON, 47 F. MARION'S ORDERLY BOOK, 54 EAST FLORIDA, 72 LETTER TO THE CONVENTION OF GEORGIA, 74 REPLY, PA8B W. H. DRAYTON TO COL. BULL, 75 PROPOSED UNION BETWEEN SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA, 77 FORM OF THE REMONSTRANCE AND PETITION OF THE INHABI- TANTS OF IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 81 FORM OF THE ADDRESS AND PETITION OF THE INHABITANTS OF IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 82 PROCLAMATION BY HIS HONOR, JOHN ADAM TREUTLEN, ESQ., CAPTAIN-GENERAL, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN AND OVER THE STATE OF GEORGIA 83 TO HIS HONOR, JOHN ADAM TREUTLEN, ESQ., CAPTAIN-GENERAL, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, AND TO THOSE MEMBERS OF HIS EXECUTIVE COUN- CIL WHO ADVISED THE ABOVE PROCLAMATION, 84 A. WM.SON TO HON. W. H. DRAYTON, ESQ., 87 A. WM.SON TO HON. W. H. DRAYTON, ESQ., 88 EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM H. LAURENS,... 88 A. WM.SON TO COL. JAMES WILLIAMS, 93 A. WM.SON TO CAPT. JOHN IRVIN, t 93 A. WM.SON TO COL. GOODWYN, 94 ORDERS FOR LIEUT.-COL. JONAS BEARD, LIEUT.-COL. ROBERT McRARY AND MAJOR THOMAS BRANDON, LIEUT.-COL. JOHN WINN, COL. ROBT.

GOODWYN AND MAJ. ANDREW PICKENS, 94 ANDREW PICKENS TO CAPT. JOHN IRVIN, OK, IN HIS ABSENCE, TO HIS LIEUTENANT, 96 W. WARDLAW TO A. WM.SON, 96 A MUSTER ROLL OF THE GRENADIER COMPANY IN THE SECOND REGIMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRY, ON THE CONTIN- ENTAL ESTABLISHMENT, COMMANDED BY COL. ISAAC MOTTE, 97 A. WjM.SON TO COL, ROBERT GOODWYN, 99 LIEUT.-COL. HENDERSON TO CAPT. BUCHANAN, 99 J. RUTLEDGE TO COL. ROBERT GOODWYN 100