Title: Letter from William Henry Drayton to the Council of Safety for South-Carolina, giving a full account of the state of affairs in the interior of the Colony.
Citation: American Archives Series 4, Volume 3, Page 0214
Author/Presenter: Drayton, William Henry
Type: Correspondence
Themes: Economy: trade and commerce; Economy: trade restrictions; Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies; Loyalist, British resistance and ideology: Loyalist resistance to new governments; Loyalist, British resistance and ideology: opposition to Loyalists; Military action: intelligence and planning; Military action: logistics, provisioning, and recruitment; Military action: military organization and discipline; Mobilizing the populace: military depravation, fear of attack; Mobilizing the populace: trade boycotts; Political philosophy: American nationalism, unity, rights of America; Political philosophy: monarchy; Politics and causes of revolt: political rumor; Social reality: domestic life; Social reality: immigrants; Social reality: Indian-white relations; Social reality: internal disorder, civil war
Date Presented: 1775-08-21
Date Composed: 1775-8-21
Where Written: Lawson's Fork, South-Carolina, North America
Recipient: South-Carolina, Council of Safety
Document ID: S4-V3-P01-sp05-D0007
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