Sir:
I am Very Sorry to be Troublesome or to ask anything thats not Consistent with your Duty of Captn. Genl. and Commander in Chief of the State of North Carolina; But I hope your Excellency dont loock on me as a Chrimmenal; should your Excellency not loock on me in this light I hope he will Grant me the Indulgence of going to Camp under a guard, and to return when ever you may think proper. I have some business in Camp that I would wish to Settle before I am remov'd from this perhaps into a Closer Confinement. Likewise all General Jones Baggage and my own is there, only now under the Cear of a Molatto boy; if your Excellency thinks proper to Indulge me thus far Captn. Lightfoot will take
Charge of the Guards and se me saif Delivered up again when you think proper he will also see I am kept under a guard when in Camp.