. History of the old Cheraws:. to some of the principal merchants in America,by their correspondents in this country .^^ One of thesemedals was found a few years since in an ancient clearing^at Cheraw Hill, in a good state of preservation. It is ahandsome piece of work, the face being well executed, withthe inscription, Gulielmus Pitt; and on the reverse thewords already quoted. The repeal of the Cider and Stamp Acts, in which Pitttook so prominent a part, produced a general and extra-ordinary outburst of enthusiasm. The Irish,^^ it was said, inthe Account already noticed, are going to erect h
. History of the old Cheraws:. to some of the principal merchants in America,by their correspondents in this country .^^ One of thesemedals was found a few years since in an ancient clearing^at Cheraw Hill, in a good state of preservation. It is ahandsome piece of work, the face being well executed, withthe inscription, Gulielmus Pitt; and on the reverse thewords already quoted. The repeal of the Cider and Stamp Acts, in which Pitttook so prominent a part, produced a general and extra-ordinary outburst of enthusiasm. The Irish,^^ it was said, inthe Account already noticed, are going to erect his Statuein every City in the Kingdom, as the Man who first savedthe Mother, and after that her children, from ruin ! allud-ing to Great Britain and the colonies. Statues were ordered * It was picked up by a child on the surface in an old field near St. DavidsChurch, and given to the author. No clue was found as to its history, until theaccount of it was met with in the old Gazette. The woodcut annexed represents it THE MANWHO-HAVINGSAVED THE [PARENT-PLEADEDJI^WITH SUCCESSFOR HERCHILDREN. 124 HISTORY OF THE OLD CHERAWS. this year by tlie Commons House of Assembly of Marylandto the honour of this noble defender of the rights of Assembly of New York also ordered an elegant statueof brass from England. They have also ordered/ itwas said^ that a piece of Plate, value 100 poundssterling, be presented to John Seargant, Esq., of the Cityof London, with the thanks of the House, for his havingcheerfully undertaken at their request, and to their greatsatisfaction faithfully discharged, the trust of special agent,and liberally declined any allowance for his trouble. June30th, 1766.^ The language inscribed on the medal appears to havebeen quite in vogue at the time. In the Gazette of July 8th, of the same year, it wassaid : In the House of Commons, the entire illegality ofGeneral Warrants, was determined 25th April, even withouta Division; upon which occasion, that grea
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