Political feuds and revolutionary wartime testimony in Edgefield
Jeremiah Hatcher censures Col. Martin amid public letters and affidavits from 1806. Witness George Bender and Walter Taylor recount injury and death in a British July 1780 skirmish near Silver Bluff, while editorials rail at Harper supporters and political maneuvering in Edgefield District.
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Beach Island
Peak-patch
Silver Bluff
James Goldwyre
Georgia
John Jones
Brown
Augusta
Fefferson
Sam
T. Galphin
Jeximian Harcuer
Edgefield Distria
Absurd Calumnies at Meeting House Prompt Accusations
A fragment notes a confrontation where George Bender and Capt Burney are involved in disputed statements about slander. The author suggests Col. Burney manipulated rumors to shield his own political interests and avoid legal action for damages, implying a tactical use of false claims.
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Martin
Qlan
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Paris
Pomerania
Stralsund
House of Commons
Holland
Amsterdam
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Fox
Sar
George Bender
Capt. Burney
Mertin
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Fle Ling Burney
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James Goldwice
Feremah Hateker
L.S
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Thomas Newman
J. P
Watts
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Robert Goodlow Harter
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