The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 / Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War / which Established the Independence of his Country and First / President of the United States

by John Marshall

[128] Hutchison. Belknap.

[129] Hutchison.

[130] Hutchison.

[131] Hutchison.

[132] History of South Carolina.

[133] Idem.

[134] In the same year Charleston was reduced to ashes. A large portion of its inhabitants passed, in one day, from prosperity to indigence. Under the pressure of this misfortune, the legislature applied to parliament for aid; and that body, with a liberality reflecting honour on its members, voted twenty thousand pounds, to be distributed among the sufferers.

[135] About five and a half millions of dollars.

[136] Belknap.

[137] Belknap.