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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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In a South Carolina House of Representatives debate, members asserted that Lt. Col. Nesbit Balfour, as commandant of Charleston during the Revolutionary War, personally traded with the Continental Army and signed passes for supplies like saddles, clothing, gunpowder, and arms. The article sarcastically questions his loyalty and the king's reward of rank and aide-de-camp.
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It was asserted on Monday in the house of Representatives by several very respectable members, in a debate which took place on the case of an individual, that Lieutenant Col. Nesbit Balfour, while commandant of Charleston, during the late war between Great-Britain and the United States of America, did himself carry on a trade with the continental army in South-Carolina, and other parties in arms, and did on many occasions sign passes to orders for saddles, cloathing, gunpowder, and arms, which were carried into the country.
What a faithful servant was this commandant to his royal master? and yet he has been induced to reward him with rank, and the appointment of aid de camp to the king!!
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Charleston, South Carolina
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During The Late War Between Great Britain And The United States Of America
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Assertion in the South Carolina House of Representatives that Lt. Col. Nesbit Balfour traded with the Continental Army while commandant of Charleston, signing passes for supplies; sarcastic criticism of his loyalty and the king's rewards.