532 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. III

[Sharpe to Allen.]
26 Sep^r 1768
Sir
I shall desire the Members of the Council who live at a
Distance to meet here the 10^th of next month and shall think
it incumbent on me when they are here to take Notice of the
Piece lately published in the Pennsylvania Chronicle and
republished in the last Maryland Gazette, in which M^r Walter
Dulany as I apprehend or some Person that enjoys an hon-
ourable and lucrative Office in this Government is positively
accused of raising the Mob in Frederick Town at the time
you went thither to take possession of All Saints Parish, if
you can undertake to prove that Fact and what else is
asserted or suggested in that Piece relative to the Conduct of
the Person accused It would I think be well for you to do so
on that occasion, that his Behaviour might be properly certi-
fied to the Lord Proprietary.
I am &c^a
The Rev^d M^r Allen.

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[Rev. Bennett Allen to Sharpe.]
Sir
After having taken the best advice upon the subject of your
Excellency's letter, I find I lie under no obligation to appear
before the council to make good any charges contained in the
piece alluded to by your Excellency, & that my obeying a sum-
mons of that kind (tho' I were able to prove them to the satis-
faction of the world) would be of dangerous Tendency. I am
likewise advised, that it is apprehended that no court in this
province can take cognisance of a paper printed in another, &
republish'd here, without the request as far as I know, of the
Author ; and I think myself in particular not at all liable for
the consequences, the piece being anonymous.
I am with great respect, Sir your Excellency's
most oblig'd & obed^t humble Servant
Bennet Allen
Oct. 5. 1768.

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[Baltimore to Sharpe.]

Holland October 6^th 1768.
Sir
I received yesterday in Holland your Excellency's several
Papers relative to what passed with you in Maryland on
account of Lord Hillsborough's Letter. The Wisdom of your
Excellency's Conduct in the Administration of the great Trust
committed by Me to your Care has always been admired by