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MR. LAURENS TO COL. DRAYTON. (Original MS.) Charles Town, Feb. 26th, 1776 To Honorable Col. Drayton. Sir: As you intimated that you could conveniently assist the smaller armed vessels, with forty good men from on board the ship Prosper; and as we judge it to be very necessary for the public service immediately to equip these vessels for cruizing on the coast, we desire you will order thirty such men on board the brig Comet, to obey the orders of Capt. Turpin and his officers; and ten on board the schooner Defence, to obey the orders of Capt. Tuft and his officers. By order of the Council of Safety. HENRY LAURENS, President (From Documentary History of the American Revolution, by Gibbes, Volume 1, p. 25260) Doc ID: Gibbes, v. 1, p. 261 Date: 2/26/1776 |
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