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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Resolution by the Continental Congress concerning the defense of South Carolina
United States. Continental Congress
August 10, 1779
Volume 14, Page 336

CHAS. THOMPSON, SECT'Y, TO GOV. CASWELL.

In Congress, 10 Augt., 1779.

Resolved, That the President write to Governor Caswell to request he would give the necessary orders for forwarding the Troops of that State directed to go to South Carolina with all possible dispatch.

Extract from the Minutes.

CHAS. THOMPSON, Sect'y.