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104 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. I.
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you as well as his Ldp with our Transactions in the Field or
what plan of Operations we may at any time propose to per-
sue. The Assembly of this Province are now met & have
voted the Sum of £ 20000 Gold Curry for the Encouragement
of the Service which Sum with the money remitted Governor
Denwiddie from home & the £5000 granted by the Province
of New York will enable us to compleat 700 Men exclusive of
the independant Companies immediately & I do not despair
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of finding at my Return the Gentlemen of our Assembly dis-
posed to make an Addition to the £6000 which they were
induced at their last Meeting to grant & I hope the other
neighbouring Colonies will no longer decline joining heartily
in the Service, tho I am indeed still apprehensive that nothing
of very great importance can be effected unless we are sup-
ported with some Troops from home which I most earnestly
wish His Majesty & Council would think proper to order over
that our unquiet aspiring Enemy might perceive that their
Vicinity to these Parts of His Majesty's Dominions will be on
no account connived at or endured. As I propose to leave
this Place Monday or Tuesday next & by the first Opportunity
that shall offer after my Return to Annapolis to write again I
will hope to be excused for not protracting this Letter farther
than to assure you that I am with the highest Respect &
Esteem &c.
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Letter Bk. II.
p. 3
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[Sharpe to Sir Thomas Robinson.]
Williamsburg in Virginia Octr 25th 1754.
Right Honourable
I take the Liberty by this first Opportunity most gratefully
to acknowledge the Receipt of His Majesty's most gracious
Favour which was presented me by Goverr Dobbs last Satur-
day together with a Letter which yourself was pleased to
honour me with the 5th of July. I intreat you to assure His
Majesty that no one can be more truly sensible of the honour
He has been pleased to confer on me than I am & that it shall
be my constant Study & Endeavour to manifest the most
dutiful & punctual Obedience to His Royal Pleasure now
signified to me & to whatever future Commands & Instructions
I may have the Satisfaction to receive. On Governor Din-
widdies intimating to me the Receival of His Majestys Orders
I immediately set out for this place to take his Advice how I
may best execute the Commission I found myself honoured
with, for His Majestys Service & to consult with him about
taking the most expedient measures for the Defence of His
Majestys Dominions on the Continent at this time & with the
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