On May 28th the “South Carolina” arrived in Philadelphia, where she was refitting during the summer and fall of 1782. An agent of the Chevalier Luxembourg now removed Gillon from the command of his vessel, which was given to Captain Joyner. The “South Carolina” did not get to sea until December, 1782. Soon after leaving the Capes of the Delaware she was chased by a British squadron, which, after a race of eighteen hours, overhauled her, and at the end of a two hours’ fight, forced her to surrender.[583] For the loss of this vessel the Chevalier Luxembourg, in accordance with the terms of his contract, demanded from South Carolina the payment of 300,000 livres. Gillon asserted that Luxembourg had forfeited all right to the money by displacing him at Philadelphia from his command of the vessel. Further, Gillon declared that the Chevalier had subjected the state to serious losses by sending its marines, in the winter of 1780-1781, on an expedition to the Island of Jersey.[584] One estimate makes the total cost of the frigate to the state more than $200,000, and another puts it at $500,000.[585] The Luxembourg claims remained unsettled until December 21, 1814, when the state made a final payment of $28,894 to the heirs of the Chevalier.[586] South Carolina is still prosecuting her claims against the United States for a reimbursement of the expenses contracted in behalf of the “South Carolina.”[587] FOOTNOTES: [541] In writing this chapter I have been much assisted by Mr. A. S. Salley, Jr., Secretary of the Historical Commission of South Carolina. [542] Drayton, Memoirs of American Revolution, I, 269-71. Collections of South Carolina Historical Society, II, 50. [543] Collections of South Carolina Historical Society, II, 43, 44, 57, 59, 62, 63. Drayton, Memoirs of American Revolution, I, 304-06. [544] Journals of South Carolina Provincial Congress, November 9, 10, 12, 1775. [545] Collections of South Carolina Historical Society, III, Journals of South Carolina Council of Safety, December 16, 1775. [546] Force, American Archives, 4th, IV, 1307-08. Journals of Continental Congress, January 16, January 19, 1776. [547] Gibbes, Documentary History of the American Revolution, 1764-1776, 258. [548] Journals of South Carolina Provincial Congress, February 15, February 22, March 5, 14, 25, 26, 1776. [549] Constitution of South Carolina of 1776. [550] Journals of South Carolina General Assembly, April 10, April 11, 1776. [551] Journals of South Carolina General Assembly, April 11, 1776; Cooper, Statutes of South Carolina, IV, April 9, April 11, 1776. [552] Journals of South Carolina General Assembly, September 21, 1776; Cooper, Statutes of South Carolina, IV, October 8, 1776. [553] Force, American Archives, 5th, II, Journals of South Carolina Navy Board, October 25, 1776. [554] Ibid., Journals of South Carolina Navy Board, October 9, 12, 1776. [555] Cooper, Statutes of South Carolina, IV, August 23, 1777.