Delegates to Congress . Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Volume 18, September 1 1781-July 31 1782
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Georgia Delegates to To: Mordecai Sheftall

Jany. 3d. 1782.

   The Delegates of the State of Georgia request the Court to arrange the Evidence to be taken in the case of Major Genl. Howe, in the following manner? (1)

   At the commencement of the invasion of the State of Georgia in the latter end of the year 1778-what Steps were taken by Major Genl. Howe to prevent the enemy Landing-where did the enemy Land? was the place known in time, and was it defensible; what force was stationed there, and the resistance made? where was the Army Posted; and were the passes leading in directly to the Town secured. In what manner did the enemy approach, and what resistance was made-when and in what manner did the Army Retreat-how many were taken and in what manner-could it have been prevented, and by what means? How many Cannon and what Stores were lost, and by what mean's-when did the Army Cross Savannah River, and in what manner, Were the Troops at Augusta ordered to leave the State, and by who's Orders, were the Troops at Sunbury Ordered to leave the State, and by whom, and do you know if the Order's were to leave the State?

   The Delegates of the State of Georgia, Send the foregoing Question's that will be proponded to him by the Court martial in the Case of Genl. Howe in Behalf of the State?


Note: MS (GHi: Sheftall Papers). In the hand of Edward Telfair.

1 The Georgia delegates, Edward Telfair and Noble Wimberly Jones, prepared a set of questions which they anticipated all witnesses at the court martial of Maj. Gen. Robert Howe, begun December 7, would be asked. See Georgia Delegates to Baron von Steuben, December 9, 1781, note 2. Judging from the line of questioning the


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court pursued, a copy of these questions was sent to the Board of War before the trial began, for which see the following entry, while this copy was sent to Sheftall, the deputy commissary general of issues for Georgia, who was then in Philadelphia and who the Georgia delegates clearly expected to testify, although he was never summoned .