MEMOIR. XX111 



About this time I received a letter from 

 my father, in which he requested me, now 

 that preliminaries of peace were signed, 

 to go again to Carolina, for the purpose 

 of looking after his affairs. I answered, 

 that I should immediately comply with 

 his desire, though I was confident it would 

 be at considerable risk in some way or 

 other. I accordingly went to Charlestown 

 about Midsummer, 1783, furnished with a 

 flag of truce from General Tonyn, which, 

 in the previous intercourse between the 

 two countries during the war, had always 

 been regarded as a sufficient security 

 against any attempt upon the liberty of 

 the person who bore it, though he might 

 be held indebted to any person in the 

 country to which he was going. Imme- 

 diately upon my arrival in Charlestown, I 

 was arrested upon a private suit, originat- 

 ing out of a transaction of my brother's. 

 I refused to give bail, on the ground that 



