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Mr. Drayton Suspended From Being a Member of His Majesty's Council by the Lieutenant-Governor [On his Majesty's Service] Charleston, March 1st, 1775. To the Honorable William Henry Drayton, Esq. Sir:By virtue of the power, with which his Majesty has been pleased to entrust me, I do hereby suspend you from being a member of his Majesty's Council for this Province, until his Majesty's pleasure shall be known thereupon. And I shall take the earliest opportunity of transmitting to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, the Address and papers relative thereto; in order that they may be laid before his Majesty, for his royal consideration. I am, Sir, your most obe. humb. servt. WILLIAM BULL (From Documentary History of the American Revolution, by Gibbes, Volume 1, p. 82) Doc ID: Gibbes, v. 1, p. 082 Date: 3/01/1775 |
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