affairs, and the situationn of most of my friends, who have been worked powerfully on, and have, to my great sorrow, taken a wrong way. I need not say any thing further to you on the state of things in these parts of the world, as Kirkland will be better than a very long letter. I hope soon to see order drawn out of confusion, and peace restored that good men may escape, but that every rogue and vile tool, and every wilful and violent opposer and oppressor may meet with their full and just reward.

Pray, dear friend, adieu. I am, most affectionately and sincerely, yours,

MOULTBIE.

Mrs. Moultrie begs her best respects to you. We are happy and well. If you see Wallace, pray my compliments; I think and hear of him with pleasure.

To Brigadier-General Grant.

DANIEL CHAMIER, JUN., TO DANIEL CHAMIER.

St. Augustine, October 3, 1775.

MY DEAR SIR: I had written you a long letter by Mr. Cameron, who was to make the best of his way to Boston, from Virginia, to which place another detachment of the regiment here is now destined, and ready to sail. I shall not recall that letter, not with standing the receipt of yours has rendered a great part of it unnecessary, as the rest of it still stands good.

I made my retreat from Charlestown in good time, for which my friends have since complimented me on my sagacity, having, it seems, been in more danger than they had imagined, although it was at their repeated informations that I determined at last to retire. Such an unjust persecution as that of mine is hardly to be paralleled, as they had not the shadow of a charge to bring against me. My worthy friend, Captain Innes, (Lord William's Secretary,) who arrived a few months before his Lordship, and with whom I had formed the strongest intimacy, being acquainted with the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Henry Laurens, made my case known to him, and I had the satisfaction to receive a message from him, assuring me that he himself was fully satisfied of my innocence, and that he would take care that I should have full liberty to remain in Charlestown, or go to what part of America or Europe I thought proper; and, understanding that my first design was to go to England, he wrote a letter to the Captain on board whose ship I was, removing all difficulties that lay in my way. Upon this information I immediately altered my route, and wrote as polite a letter as I could dictate to Mr. Laurens, for I was much touched with such generous behaviour from a stranger, (for he was but just returned here from England,) when many of the gentlemen of the town (as they call themselves) with whom I had been acquainted, were for cutting my throat. I am glad Harcomb has escaped; he has the true spirit of loyalty of an old English soldier.

I shall not attempt to express the feeling I have for the generous supply which you have sent me; it is fully sufficient for the present, and I hope for some time to come, as my friends in Charlestown are not likely to call upon me until it be perfectly convenient. I am much distressed for them. They are all now disarmed, and confined to the limits of the town, for having refused to sign a treasonable association.

But my noble friend Innes, although long out of the army, refused to deliver his arms, and told the Committee, "that he had the honour of bearing five commissions under his present Majesty, and his late Royal grandfather, and were he to deliver up his sword to any one not legally entitled to demand it, he should think he deserved to have it broke over his head; "for which soldier like behaviour he was ordered to quit the town in four-and-twenty hours, and accordingly he retired on board the man-of-war. Lord William, not many days after, dissolved the Assembly, and retreated to the same place. Mr. Irving, who was formerly Inspector of imports and exports at Boston, and is now Receiver-General of the quit-rents at Charlestown, and to whose friendship I have been so much indebted, embarked some time after I left Charlestown for Providence Island, for recovery from a bilious complaint, and he will remain there for some time if he is wise. Please to inform Mr. Hulton of this, as he has a great regard for the gentleman of whom I speak. I beg you also to present my compliments to him and his lady.

October 3.

As the transport with the troops luckily cannot sail today, I have set my friends to work to make you a keg of shrub, which I will risk by Mr. Cameron, although I have some fear whether he can accomplish it; if he does you will be much obliged to him, as I suppose he will find it difficult enough to carry himself there, but the loss will not be great, and its safety I hope will prove very beneficial to you.

My worthy friend, Mr. Penman, is one of the two eminent merchants in this place. I became acquainted with him in Charlestown some time ago, and I have been under great obligation to him since my arrival here, indeed for every accommodation, as there are no lodging houses here. I laid a copy of your scheme before him, and I now enclose you a very encouraging answer from him, which I hope and expect will induce you to put it immediately into execution, as the fruit will soon be in its full state of maturity. Address your vessel immediately to Mr. (James) Penman, and resume your former style and character, and I warrant he will do you justice. I know him to be a man of honour, and he is also well known to Mr. Hulton. Write upon the subject immediately, if you cannot send your vessel at once, that the fruit may be gathered and prepared at the proper season.

I will now, if I have time, answer every other paragraph of your letter.

I have already been very kindly treated by the Governour and the rest of the gentlemen here. The recommendations you have procured me will insure me in future all the respect and favour I could wish for. I beg you to express to General Grant and Major Donkin the high sense I have of their kindness. The fruit here is not yet ripe, nor is it probable, from what I have said above, that any quantity could make its way good from Virginia. I heartily wish your shrub itself may meet with that good fortune.

I depend greatly on your intercession with your brother. There can be no vacancy in Carolina but from the death or removal of Mr. Morris, the Comptroller. He is old, and willing to retire, but he is also hearty; and a resignation, your brother says, is not to be effected in my favour. Besides, I am astonished that your brother should still talk of an office in Charlestown, when the proprietors of them do not think them at present worth a farthing; and when I know such true and alarming accounts of the state of that Province have been so long ago transmitted to the Ministry.

I note well what you say concerning the scurvy. You will find by my first letter, which was written and sealed before the receipt of yours, that my own opinion corresponds with yours; but my great temperance and regularity had long concealed that from my own knowledge which my poor father's unhappy course of life rendered but too apparent to every one. 1 flatter myself that I already feel some benefit from my change of diet, and shall persist in this new regimen, but am afraid I shall soon be without a principal article in it, which is Madeira wine. If you could spare me ever so small a quantity, it would be as acceptable as the shrub to you, and full as necessary for me, as I drink no other liquor, the mixture of it with water being as strong an acid as will agree with me, and a few glasse's prove an excellent and palatable restorative and strengthener.

I am sorry for my friend Christie's ill usage; but he must be content to take neighbour's fare, and should not be sorry at having the opportunity of manifesting his loyalty. I have written you in my first letter concerning Mr. Savage. I cannot send you a power of attorney, having given that authority at my first leaving Boston to Mr. Nathaniel Coffin, the Deputy Cashier and Receiver General, who has generously transacted my money matters hitherto free from any charge. I see not how I can help myself at present. If you can, with the assistance of Mr. Hallowell, bring him to reason, you will save me a great deal of money. But I apprehend you cannot do much without the influence of the Board. I beg you to con-