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Justice William Henry Drayton’s Charge to the Grand Juries of the Camden and Cheraws Districts of South Carolina in November 1774, Associational documents

Charge of the Honourable WILLIAM HENRY DRAYTON, Esquire, one of the Judges of the General Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, Assize and General Jail Delivery, for the Districts of CAMDEN and CHERAWS, in SOUTH CAROLINA, on his Circuit, the fifth and fifteenth days of NOVEMBER, 1774, delivered to the several Grand Juries, and by them ordered to be published: GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND

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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 14, 1774, Associational Documents

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress OCTOBER 14, 1774 Whereas, since the close of the last war, the British parliament, claiming a power, of right, to bind the people of America by statutes in all cases whatsoever, hath, in some acts, expressly imposed taxes on them, and in others, under various presences, but

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A rustic wooden barn stands beside a fence with trees in the background at sunset.

Mary, Soldier Tom and other family at Thomas Sumter’s house when the British arrive in May 1780:

A cursory review of “Thomas Sumter” by Anne King Gregory and “African-American Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution” by Bobby G. Ross and Michael C Scoggins reveals some interesting facts about the home of one of the heroes of the War of Independence in South Carolina. Thomas Sumter, also known as the

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Podcast: Fort Ninety Six, the Last Battle and the Aftermath with Rick Morris

Historyman presents the fourth in a series of episodes on Fort Ninety Six, SC.  Rick Morris relates the last battle at the fort where Nathaniel Greene, Andrew Pickens, Light Horse Harry Lee and others converge on Ninety Six to confront the British garrison.  Siege warfare, Mayhem towers, cannon, tunnels and hand to hand fighting mark

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