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Answer of the Governour

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June 20, 1775.

The Deputation being returned, the Honourable Mr˙ Drayton reported, that they having delivered the Address

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to the Governour , his Excellency was pleased to make the following Answer:

GENTLEMEN: I know of no Representatives of the people of this Province, except those constitutionally convened in General Assembly, and am incompetent to judge of the disputes which at present unhappily subsist between Great Britain and the American Colonies.

It is impossible, during the short interval since my arrival, that I should have acquired such a knowledge of the state of the Province as to be at present able to make any representation thereupon to His Majesty; but you may be assured, that no representations shall ever be made by me but what shall be consistent with truth, and with an earnest endeavour to promote the real happiness and prosperity of the Province.

WILLIAM CAMPBELL.

June 21, 1775.

Details

Title

Answer of the Governour

Creator

Campbell, William, 1730?-1778

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-06-21

Recipient

South-Carolina Provincial Congress

Presentation Location

Charlestown, South-Carolina, North America

Before Whom

South-Carolina Provincial Congress

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: colonial government
Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Loyalist, British resistance and ideology: support for hierarchy

Document ID

S4-V2-P01-sp32-D0418

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V2

Part

S4-V2-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V2-P01-sp32

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