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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Letter from William Tryon to James Moore
Tryon, William, 1729-1788
March 30, 1771
Volume 08, Page 700


Wilmington 30th March 1771.

Colonel James Moore.

You will embody the Company of Artillery you have Orders to raise under your command any day after the 20th of next month in order to march them to Lieutenant Colonel William Bryan's in Johnston County by the 30th of the same month. They will then join the several Detachments ordered from the Counties lying on Neuse River when you will receive further orders.