clear space clear space clear space white space
A
 r c h i v e s   o f   M a r y l a n d   O n l i n e

PLEASE NOTE: The searchable text below was computer generated and may contain typographical errors. Numerical typos are particularly troubling. Click “View pdf” to see the original document.

  Maryland State Archives | Index | Help | Search
search for:
clear space
white space
Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1753-1757
Volume 6, Preface 9   View pdf image (33K)
  << PREVIOUS  NEXT >>
clear space clear space clear space white space

  

                         Preface.                     9

  

  

  

  

  

  

     Fortunately for Maryland and the adjoining provinces, the French,

   seeing that the brunt of war was going to be to the north and on the

   lakes, withdrew all their forces from Fort Du Quesne except a small

   garrison; so, though some barbarities were perpetrated by small scalp

   ing parties of Indians, no serious attack was made, The fall of Fort Du

   Q uesne does not come within the scope of the present volume.

  

     The materials for this volume have been obtained from Sharpe's MS.

   letter-books; a mass of correspondence with him preserved in the

   collections of the Maryland Historical Society; the Calvert Papers

   (among which the capitulation of Washington was found) and the Jour

   nals of the Assembly, in whose pages some letters are recorded that were

   not found elsewhere. Letters not in the Society's collections or the

   archives of the State, have not been printed. A number of letters from

   Sharpe to Dinwiddie, which are not in the letter-books, have been pub

   lished in the Dinwiddie Papers (Richmond, 1883—84). Their dates are:

     1754. Mch. 3, June 20, July 24, 31, Nov. 12, 13, 15.

  

     1755. Jan. 7, 11, Feb. 4, Mch. 1, 10, 29, June 3, 10, 18, July 5, 29,

   Aug. 25, Sept. 20, Oct. 3, Nov. 22.

     1756. Jan. 2, Mch. 8, 13, April 28, May 24, June 21, Sept. 2, 8,

   Nov. 12.

     1757. April 5, May i8, June 1, 14, July 30, Aug. 3, 18, 26.

  

     The following letters from Morris to Sharpe are printed in the

   Colonial Records of Pennsylvania:

     1755. Jan. 12, May 30, July 3, Oct. 7.

     1756. Jan. 5.

  

     The following letters, referred to in the correspondence, are missing

   from our collections:

  

       Letters from Sharpe:

     1753. Aug. i,6, to Calvert; 15, Dinwiddie; 16, Hamilton; 22, 23,

   Calvert; Dec. 26, Dinwiddie.

     1754. Jan. 11, Calvert; Feb. 10, Mch. 11, April 25, Aug. 20, Din

   widdie.

     1755. Feb. 17, St. Clair; July 23, W. and J. Sharpe.

  

       Letters to Sharpe

  

     1753. Aug. 29, from Calvert.

     1754. Jan., Bury; July 5, Robinson; 6, Baltimore; 6, W. and J.

   Sharpe; 11, Albemarle; Sep. i8, Robinson; Nov., Halifax; 30, Fitch;

   Dec. 12, Calvert; 31, Robinson.

     1755. Jan. 7, Morris; 23, Robinson; Feb. 15, Calvert; 25, Brad

   dock; April 7, 16, Calvert; 24, Washington; May 29, June 2, Morris;

   2, Dinwiddie; 17, 22, Braddock; 19, Robinson; 22, Orme; 22, Innes;

   July 3, Morris; 5, 31, Dinwiddie; Aug. 13, Shirley; 13, Innes; 20,

   Morris; 25, Didwiddie; Sep. 5, Hardy; 25, Shirley; Oct. 3, Dinwiddie.

  

 

clear space
clear space
white space

Please view image to verify text. To report an error, please contact us.
Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1753-1757
Volume 6, Preface 9   View pdf image (33K)   << PREVIOUS  NEXT >>


This web site is presented for reference purposes under the doctrine of fair use. When this material is used, in whole or in part, proper citation and credit must be attributed to the Maryland State Archives. PLEASE NOTE: The site may contain material from other sources which may be under copyright. Rights assessment, and full originating source citation, is the responsibility of the user.


Tell Us What You Think About the Maryland State Archives Website!



An Archives of Maryland electronic publication.
For information contact mdlegal@mdarchives.state.md.us.

©Copyright  August 16, 2024
Maryland State Archives