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Tuesday 14th March 1780: At four o’clock in the afternoon, Col. Ferguson and part of the American Volunteers and twenty men of the British Legion proceeded nine miles to McPherson’s Plantation. We got to Issac McPherson’s around nine o’clock. Fifty Rebels on horseback had just left this and gone to John McPherson’s. A party of ours pursued, but could not overtake them.
Wednesday 15th March 1780: Still at McPherson’s Plantation. Foraging parties get everything that is needed for the Army.
Thursday 16th March 1780: Lay at McPherson’s living off the fat of the land, the soldiers every side of us roasting turkeys, geese, fowls, ducks, picks and everything in great plenty. This McPherson is a great Rebel, aman of property and at present is in Charles Town.
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