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J. Rutledge to Col. Gadsden [Original MS.] CHARLES TOWN, June 12th, 1779. SIR: I presume the draught has been made of a fourth part of your regiment, for patrol duty, according to the directions I gave some time ago, and expected that the remainder would have been in town e'er now. I think it necessary, that a field officer should be here with them-you will be pleased to repair hither, with such of the regiment as are not to do patrol duty, as soon as possible. The persons belonging to your regiment, who have taken protection, are to be tried here by a court from that regiment. It is therefore necessary, in order that their case may be decided, that a part of the regiment should be here-you will suffer such other as Mr. Harden names to go with him on a particular piece of business, which I have committed to his charge; you will order all the evidences against the plunderers you've sent down, to repair hither immediately, that they may be brought to trial for the offences before a Court Martial. I am, sir, your very humble servant, J. RUTLEDGE (From Documentary History of the American Revolution, by Gibbes, Volume 2, p. 115) Doc ID: Gibbes, v. 2, p. 115 Date: 6/12/1779 |
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