1784  24 May  London  

276. Nathaniel Whitworth to Gideon White, reporting his lack of success in collecting White's bills, etc. ''Col. Powell was the first I waited on, and who to my very great surprize inform'd me, that upon the evacuation of Charlestown, he with the other field Officers of the Militia conceiv'd you to have been with the Americans, and of course excluded in the Return made here for pay, as it included only those that actually were at the evacuation, and had no prospects of returning to their former places of abode, but how was he surprizd on my mentioning the period of your leaving Charlestown, your sufferings at the commencement of the War and having a Company in the Duke of Cumberlands Regiment.'' Advises him to apply through Balfour for his pay. Holograph.

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