or

THE

AMERICAN REVOLUTION :

CONSISTING ΟΡ

LETTERS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE CONTEST FOR LIBERTY,
CHIEFLY IN SOUTH CAROLINA, FROM ORIGINALS IN THE
POSSESSION OF THE EDITOR, AND OTHER SOURCES.

1764-1776.

BY R. W. GIBBES, M.D.,

MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE; OF THE NEW YORK
HISTORICAL SOCIETY; OF THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY; OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL
SOCIETY; OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE, WASHINGTON; OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN
ANTIQUARIES OF COPENHAGEN; OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA; OF
THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY; OF THE LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
OF NEW YORK; OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN OF NEW YORK, &C., &C.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the Clerks Office of the District of South
Carolina, March 12th, 1853.

PRINTED AT THE COLUMBIA BANNER OFFICE, COLUMBIA, S. C.

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то

SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE TRIBUTE OF A SON.

"Breathes there a man with soul so dead,

Who never to himself hath said,

This is my own, my native land!"