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2 20 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. III
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Ist Inst. & those of them that were not sent off with the
Canoes being as many as the Governor could then furnish
with Tools have been at work ever since on the Road between
that Bridge & this Place. On the 3d Inst Major Wells arrived
here with two Companies of the Delaware Troops & 27
waggons loaded with Ball & some Tools. They encamped
& all of them stayed here the next Day. Very early on the
5th the Remainder of Capt Joselyne's Detachment & one hun-
dred of the Best Men of the two Delaware Companies
marched over Licking Creek to open a Road from the
Bridge to Sidling Hill. The Governor went & staid with
them till the Afternoon when He, Major Wells & Capt
Shelby escorted by a Party of Militia which went from this
Fort & a few of Major Wells's men left Capt Jocelyne &
proceeded towards the Town Creek, His Excellency being
willing to review the Road himself which Capt Shelby had
laid out. The Governor expected to be back this Evening,
but I do not think it very improbable if his Party of Militia did
not seem averse to it, that he is gone on to Fort Cumberland
to persuade the Commanding Officer of the Virga Forces to
assist Capt Dagworthy in opening the Road from that Fort
to the Town Creek, should that be the Case he will not
return hither before to morrow Evening or Monday morning
when the Governor left this Place he expected that the North
Carolina Troops & Major Wells's other Company would have
been here before this time & had they arrived I understood
that they & the Remainder of Major Wells's People were to
have been supplied with Provisions & Tools & to have went
on to Capt Jocelyne who would have known how to dispose
of them, but I hear that the Carolina Troops which were
at Alexandria being in Number about 150 men marched
thence to Winchester last Tuesday Sennight. One of Major
Wells's men was removed down the Country yesterday on
account of his having the Small Pox, He says that he took
the Infection at Carlyle, he & some of his Comrades having
been in a House at that place where the Family had it As it
will be impossible to get all the Stores that are here conveyed
up to Fort Cumberland by water within this Fortnight & as
it is uncertain whether this New Road will be made in any
reasonable time since the Number of Men employed on it is
so small, I imagine the Governor would be glad to know on
what Day at farthest these Stores must necessarily be at Fort
Cumberland, that in case the New Road cannot be finished
nor the Stores be all conveyed up by water before that time
he might send down the Country & impress a number of
waggons to carry them up thro Virginia. Should you have
occasion to send any other Express hither it will be best for
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