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In close confinement for eighteen months, during 

 which time Mr. Charles Peyre died. On being re- 

 leased from captivity, Mr. Peyre found himself a 

 stranger. In a strange place. In absolute want. A 

 Quaker noticed him In the street, and, struck with 

 something In his appearance, stopped and Inquired 

 into his situation. On hearing his story he handed 

 him a purse containing funds amply suf^clent to 

 supply his wants and carry him home. Mr. Peyre 

 gratefully and eagerly inquired who his benefactor 

 was, so that he might requite his kindness ; but the 

 Quaker would not satisfy him. '' Friend," said he, 

 " I must not tell thee my name, and thou shalt 

 never know me ; all I ask In return is this : when 

 thou meetest a fellow-sufferer, do likewise, and give 

 as thou hast received." Mr. Peyre, who had seen 

 his brother die In the prison, found on his return to 

 Carolina that his sister, Mrs. Walter, was dead and 

 her husband already again a married man ; and the 

 whole of his ample fortune was In the hands of a 

 commission of sequestration under the authority of 

 the State. With a few exceptions, the confiscated 

 estates were generally restored to their owners. In 

 this noble work of pacification none labored more 

 zealously than General Marion. 



43. Cooper's, so called from the resident, Thomas 

 Cooper. His wife was Jane Harvey. Their daugh- 

 ter was the wife of David, son of Charles Gaillard. 

 Their son Thomas died unmarried ; Maurice mar- 



