American adventures : a second trip "Abroad at home" . ^y ^^f ^=^a^ -^ r . c r HISTORY AND ARISTOCRACY The Pringle House, as it is now called, formerly theBrewton house, perhaps the most superb old residence inthe city, was the headquarters of General Sir HenryClinton, after he had captured Charleston, and was theresidence of Lord Rawdon, the unpleasant British com-mander who succeeded Clinton. Cornwallis lived out-side the town at Drayton Hall, which still stands, on theAshley River. After his capture Cornwallis was ex-changed for Henry Laurens, a distinguished Charles-tonian, who, though he
American adventures : a second trip "Abroad at home" . ^y ^^f ^=^a^ -^ r . c r HISTORY AND ARISTOCRACY The Pringle House, as it is now called, formerly theBrewton house, perhaps the most superb old residence inthe city, was the headquarters of General Sir HenryClinton, after he had captured Charleston, and was theresidence of Lord Rawdon, the unpleasant British com-mander who succeeded Clinton. Cornwallis lived out-side the town at Drayton Hall, which still stands, on theAshley River. After his capture Cornwallis was ex-changed for Henry Laurens, a distinguished Charles-tonian, who, though he wept over the Declaration of In-dependence, was before long president of the Continen-tal Congress, and later went to France, where he wasassociated with Benjamin Franklin, John Jay and JohnAdams in negotiating the treaty of peace and independ-ence for America. Mrs. Ravenel says in her book that Sherman de-stroyed all but one of the superb old houses on theAshley River, and when we consider that Shermanstroops invested Charleston just before the end
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