(seq. 88)

Amelia 3rd November 1778

Sir

I Receiv'd your of the 30th this day about
one Oclock with the dispatches from the Governor &
Major {General} Stow, I am much obliged to you for Com-
plying with part of them in Sending the Men with
Cannon; Please to Enquire amongst the Men & Know
who of them has Horses within one or two days travel
of the Camps. send them for them that we may be
able to comply with the Other Order in {General} Stows
Dispatches.

I should have been at Orangeburgh on
Monday, but one of my Children has been ill with the
fever, which has never Intermitted this Eight days, as soon
As she gets better I shall be at Camp.

Please to send a Man with the Inclosed to Captains
Brown & Smith as soon as Possible and the one to
{Lieutenant} McGines.

I am
Yours &c

William Thomson

To
{Captain} John Donaldson

/True Coppy/