Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 25

observe name Things not according to Truth but call Right
& Wrong according to their Passions & being unhappy &
discontented themselves seem to be sworn Enemies to the
Peace & quiet of others, I will proceed to answer such other
Parts of your Letter as you may expect some Reply to. It
gives you may be assured the Gentlemen of the Council &
myself much pleasure to know that our Address to His Maj-
esty on his Accession to the Throne of Great Britain was so
graciously received. We have taken this Opportunity to
make bur Acknowledgments to His Ldp for presenting it, &
to beg the favour of him to present to the King & his Royal
Consort our humble Addresses of Congratulation on the
happy Event of their Majesty's Nuptials. I am obliged to
you for waving M^r Plater's Request, tho as I think him a
young Gentleman of a good Disposition & have really a
Regard for him I shall be glad if an Opportunity offers to
oblige him. With respect to old M^r Key I profess there are
very few Gentlemen in the Province for whom I have so great
a Regard. You may remember that I many Years ago men-
tioned him as a Gentleman worthy of a Seat at the Council &
should be much pleased if when another Vacancy happens
His Ldp will fill it with that Gentleman. I think you inti-
mated to me some time ago that His Ldp would have no
Objection to my appointing his Son when he shall return
hither from the Temple Attorney General. As to the
Tilghman Family those of them who have been in the Lower
House have acted such a Part since the Dismission of the late
Rent Roll Keeper that it would be very ill policy in my
opinion to court them, that their ill Behaviour hath been in
some measure owing to the Suggestions of some who were
afraid lest that Family should recommend themselves to the
Govern^t & become Competitors with them I am much
inclined to believe, but whatever their Motive was, since they
have thought fit to distinguish themselves in the Opposition,
Let them meet with the Reward due to such a mode of Pro-
ceeding, & let others by that Family's living undistinguished
be made sensible that opposition is no longer to be the Road
to Preferment. I observe what you say in answer to my
Remarks on the Scheme proposed last Session in the Lower
House for establishing a College here & shall not fail to pay
due Regard to His Ldp's pleasure by you so often signified
on the Subject of Ordinary Lycences in case their Scheme
should be again brought on the Carpet. I received both the
Theodolite & Tripod also M^r Robinson's Answers to the
Pennsylvania Gentleman's queries which serve to confirm me
in the Suspicions I entertained when I told you I believed they
would be for running an Arch of a Great Circle instead of a

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