Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Clinton” in chapter 26, page 408 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8:
...rd asked him, why did you not take possession of the fort, with the seamen and marines whom you practised for the purpose?
And Parker's rejoinder was, that he had no prospect of speedy support from Clinton .
But the pause was owing to the scarcity of powder, of which the little that remained to Moultrie was reserved for the musketry
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