no lower than the arrival of General GREENE in South Carolina.
Fortunately the events of the late war revived the national spirit,
and with that a taste for our own history; by it too,
my inclination was renewed to communicate that of MARION'S brigade.
However, I still wanted materials to confide in more certain than memory.

The last year I happened to mention my wish to Mr. RICHARD SINGELLTON,
of Colleton, son-in-law of Major JOHN POSTELL, and he obligingly
placed in my hands a bundle of original letters from General MARION
to that distinguished officer. Not long after I heard that
the late General PETER HORRY had preserved copies of General MARION'S
correspondence with General GREENE and other officers;
and I applied to his executor, Mr. JAMES GUIGNARD, who very politely
placed five duodecimo volumes in my hands, closely written by the general.
The originals were left by General HORRY with the Rev. M. L. WEEMS,
but it appears he made no use of them in his life of MARION.
The dates and facts stated in these copies agree pretty well
with the account in the history of South Carolina by Dr. RAMSAY,
and General MOULTRIE'S memoirs of the American revolution.

I have also taken the pains to consult several of MARION'S officers and men,
who still survive. The Hon. THOMAS WATIES gave me considerable information
respecting the first part of the general's operations,
which I did not witness; as, after MARION'S retreat to the White marsh,
I was left sick in North Carolina. During MARION'S struggle with WATSON
I had returned, but was confined to my bed with the small pox;
and the greater part of that account was received from
Captain GAVIN WITHERSPOON, ROBERT WITHERSPOON, Esq. and others.
Respecting the affairs about Camden, General CANTEY and Dr. BROWNFIELD
gave me much information; and the present sheriff of Charleston district,