Note 741 — Chapter V
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In the Sketch of the History of South Carolina published in 1856 is a copy of Sayle’s commission, obtained from London, and it bears date 26th July, 1669. At the same time West’s commission, dated 27th July, confers such power upon him as “Governor and Commander-in-Chief,” till the arrival of the fleet at Barbadoes, that we cannot suppose Sayle was on board at that time. The difficulty is removed in the Shaftesbury MSS., and by the filling up of the commission with the name of Sayle at Bermuda.