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150 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. II.
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quantity on the Spot as cheap or cheaper I believe than it can
now be procured elsewhere; whether you will choose to have
it taken of him by the Commissaries is entirely at your Option
I shall only desire him to Stall-feed during the winter as many
of the Beeves as I gave him Orders to detain & if the others
are not wanted give him notice that He might dispose of them
elsewhere. He had also laid in about 8000 lb flour more than
the Quantum for the Maryland Company which I apprehend
has been nearly consumed by the Independants who have not
been able to get any sent them but from that Store for a con-
siderable time. I have only agreed for 6 Waggons with four
Horses & Harness to each to be delivered all of them for
£280, & each of them will come loaded to the Camp with 20
Ct of flour, at the price of 12/ Currency p Ct these according
to the Directions I gave at the Camp were to be employed two
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of them there in drawing Timber for the Fort or otherwise as
should be found expedient, & the other four to be employed in
carrying up to Conegogeek the Stores that now are or may be
landed at Rock-Creek, but I will contradict the Orders I left,
that they may be employed between Winchester & Wills-
Creek since you prefer that Rout, tho from the Observations
that I had an Opportunity of making by journying to the
Camp one way & returning the other I am satisfied that you
will find the Carriage thro Winchester much more expensive
than on the North shore of Potowmack, especially if you take
into the Account the Charge of building such a number of
Boats & of opening such a Road as you propose to shorten
the Distance by the way of Winchester, I have got one more
Waggon made which as soon as I can procure Horses for it
shall be sent up; but as it is a very difficult thing to procure
Horses from any place nearer than Lancaster in Pensilvania &
I have no Acquaintance near that part of the Country whom I
could desire to make purchases for me, I will leave that Busi-
ness entirely to the Commissaries who may perhaps have
Opportunities of making advantageous Bargains, as they will
be conversant among people who are likely to have some to
dispose of. I have inclosed you a Letter from Mr Carlile with
an Account of all the money that he supposes due from the
Government of Virginia on Account of the Troops, but I know
that Colo Innes if you please to write to him on that head can
return you a List of many people's names which are not there
inserted who have Claims on the Virginia Governt You will be
pleased to observe in my last that for want of Salt at the Camp
the Herdsmen had been hired long before I went up, & that I
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only advanced them some money in part of their Account lest
they should desert the Cattle before they could be killed which
they seemed disposed to do. The whole £45 that Gist had
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