Notes from whence I remonstrated to Congress on the dangers to which So. Carolina & Georgia were exposed in Decem. 1778 : which I had often done at former periods
1778
MSS 125-C M
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Title
Notes from whence I remonstrated to Congress on the dangers to which So. Carolina & Georgia were exposed in Decem. 1778 : which I had often done at former periods
Variant Title
Notes for a speech to Congress
Published
[S.l. 1778?]
Description
[4] p. ; 25 cm. (4to)
Call Number
MSS 125-C M
Note
A.D. apparently in the hand of Henry Laurens, who served in the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1780. It is unclear when Laurens actually penned these notes.
Docketed title.
Published in The papers of Henry Laurens, vol. 14, p. 545.
"South Carolina, admitting a full months time for preparation, & no alarm from the Indians, may bring into the field 10,000 men, one half of them badly clad & as badly armed."
"The enemy by landing 2000 ... will meet little or no opposition in plundering & ravaging all the northern part."
"2000 more landed at Beaufort may act in the same manner to the southward including all the islands."
"5000 with a few frigates may very easily take possession of Fort Johnson & Charlestown -- securing the mid-country. Fort Moultrie falls of course without firing a gun against it."
"Plunder -- not less that 50000 barrels of rice in three weeks[;] immense quantities of Indian corn, pease, flour &c.[;] Indigo at least half a million horses cattle sheep hogs &c.[;] 10,000 Negroes; very great quantities of merchandize -- 150 to 200 sail of ships & other vessels for transporting the provision & Negroes; warlike stores &c."
"We have no fleet to retake the place -- if we call foreign aid, it will be ineffectual ...."
"Georgia will fall immediately or may be over run by the troops from St. Augustine & 500 Indians."
Watermark: Crowned B and 1776, similar to figure 57 (dated 1775) in Gravell. Foreign watermarks
Docketed title.
Published in The papers of Henry Laurens, vol. 14, p. 545.
"South Carolina, admitting a full months time for preparation, & no alarm from the Indians, may bring into the field 10,000 men, one half of them badly clad & as badly armed."
"The enemy by landing 2000 ... will meet little or no opposition in plundering & ravaging all the northern part."
"2000 more landed at Beaufort may act in the same manner to the southward including all the islands."
"5000 with a few frigates may very easily take possession of Fort Johnson & Charlestown -- securing the mid-country. Fort Moultrie falls of course without firing a gun against it."
"Plunder -- not less that 50000 barrels of rice in three weeks[;] immense quantities of Indian corn, pease, flour &c.[;] Indigo at least half a million horses cattle sheep hogs &c.[;] 10,000 Negroes; very great quantities of merchandize -- 150 to 200 sail of ships & other vessels for transporting the provision & Negroes; warlike stores &c."
"We have no fleet to retake the place -- if we call foreign aid, it will be ineffectual ...."
"Georgia will fall immediately or may be over run by the troops from St. Augustine & 500 Indians."
Watermark: Crowned B and 1776, similar to figure 57 (dated 1775) in Gravell. Foreign watermarks
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