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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 129
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is no Tract of Land unless in the Lower part of the Eastern
Shore & the Barrens Extensive enough to answer that purpose,
Except in Frederick County near the Frontiers " this depends
on the return of the County Surveyors. As to Surplus
Land, you mention found Contiguous to the Manors such Land
will enlarge them, & of Land Scituated & mixed with other
Patented Land Tracts, such irregular parcells of Land are of
no Purchase but to those whose possessions they Join: such
small Quantities of Land mixed with Property sold, the best
discovery is by survey of the County, wh will Plan to each
party their Property, therefore My Lord desires the Execution
of His Instn (i e) the Surveys of the Counties.
Mr Evan's Extract from the Records of New York of
the History of Delaware Bay, you have transmitt'd, is but a
Pick'd Detail, Fragmts of Transactions of no use. What you
ordered the Receiver Genl to Advance him, will be right to
be repaid to My Lords Accot from the income of the Naval
Office of Pocomack, during the Vacancy. My Lord in no
respect disaproves of your conduct in Regard to Mr Evans he
is sensible you meant well & acted therein to obtain good
Intelligence, & tho' Evans is deficient of Service it falls not on
you, who could have no motive but of rendering Service.
The Circumstance you relate of Kittsmillers murder of Mr
Diggs falling North of the Temporary Line within the Iuridic-
tion of Pensilvania according to the Kings order of Council for
runing that Division Line proves as I observed My Lord is
Satisfyed with your Notice of his Instn Concerng tis with the
Pensilvanians to answr the Acquittance of Kitsmiller.
The Debt Books of the West Shore are recd. Mr Lloyd has
his Lordps Instns Abl the return wh he is to communicate to you.
My Lord has Satisfaction in the Reduction from 20 to 15 pr Ct
Receipt by the Farmers of his Quit Rents, & depends on the
Reduction to 10 pr Cent on Experation of two years the
present contract with the Farmers & Sheriffs, Your stated
income of the Provincial Benefices is acceptable, but yr Inclos'd
Copy of Bond from the Clergy his Lordp disaproves, as it may
occasion Controversy with them & the Bishop of London, he
has under Consideration a Plan for Regulating them by
Authority of his Charter, with Advice of the Bishop. Approves
of yr proposition for the Clergy to Benefices more considerable
by remove from merrit, on such occasions with his Approbation.
He consents to Mr Tasker & Mr Dulany being joint in the
Office of Comissy Genl 'tis Mr Taskers request & Mr Dulany's
desire with yr Advice to Me that the Office is Sufficient for two.
When an Office can admit of more Officers than One the
Admission is good Policy, giving dispatch to Affairs of
Goverment.
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