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you will find him well informed, and, as far as theory 

 goes, a good officer in whatever you may think fit to 

 employ him. I can answer for his honor and his 

 ability, and am persuaded he will ever feel attached by 

 gratitude to you for the very kind and obliging manner 

 in which you have protected him and the regiment 

 under his command." 



On the 4th of October, Thompson appointed Mr. 

 Fisher a clerk in his office, to receive his half-pay of 

 thirteen shillings a day. 



A despatch of Lord George Germaine's to General 

 Leslie, in answer to Leslie's of December 30, says: "I 

 am glad you will have Colonel Thompson's assistance 

 in forming what cavalry you have. His offer to serve 

 in your army until the season for action to the north- 

 ward arrives, corresponds with that public good and 

 zeal for the King's service which prompted him to 

 quit his civil situation and engage in the military line." 



General Leslie writes to Clinton of Thompson, on 

 January 29, 1782 : " From the unwearied attention and 

 diligent efforts of that officer the cavalry has become 

 respectable, and I have everything to expect from this 

 improvement." 



Thompson writes to Leslie from Daniel's Island, 

 February 20 : " We arrived without being so fortunate 

 as to meet the enemy we came in search of." 



And on February 25, the same to the same: "I 

 did not expect, after the affair of yesterday, the enemy 

 would so soon have put it in my power to congratulate 

 you upon another defeat of their troops. We had the 

 good fortune this morning to fall in with a chosen 

 corps under the command of General Marion in person, 

 which we attacked and totally routed, killing a con- 



