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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 189
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& yourself should not arrive at London so soon tho she is to
sail hence before the Ship from Philaa I am sorry to acquaint
you that little regard has been paid by the Lower House to his
Ldp's Requisition concerning an Amendment of the Inspection
Law which I inforced by a Message as soon as I received his
Lordships Instructions with how great Concern must I advise
you also of the Issue of our last Session of Assembly which
concluded the 26th of last Month. After a Month had been
spent in sending Messages from one House to the other (those
from the Gentn of the Upper House containing Objections to
the Bill offered for granting a Sum of Money for His Majesty's
Service & supporting those Objections, & those from the other
Gentn to inforce the Bill they had offered) the Upper House
put an End to the Dispute by rejecting the Bill absolutely
chiefly on Account of its farther Mortgaging & appropriating
the Ordinary Lycences, whereupon the Burgesses came to a
Resolution (which they would not be inclined by two Messages
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to recede from) not to grant a Shilling by any other means
then such as were similar to those proposed by the Bill which
was framed last Session. I have now prorogued them to July
next but cannot indeed entertain the least hopes of meeting
them with greater Success at that time. The Assembly of
Pensilvania are now sitting but the same Cause as before has
again made the Governor reject a Bill offered for £25.000.
however we are told that they have resolved to give a Sum of
Money from their Treasury to buy some provisions for Gov-
ernor Shirleys & Sr Wm Pepperels Regiments as they did
before for those that are in Virginia under the Command of
General Braddock.
The Virga Assembly are to meet again in May but Govr
Dinwiddie seems to entertain no very sanguine Expectations.
The second day after I had prorogued the Assembly I set off
for Alexandria where the Regiments were encamped to wait
on & pay my Respects to the General who came thither two
Days before, last Thursday the General, Governor Dinwiddie,
Comodore Kepple & two other Gentlemen came hither in
Expectation of meeting Goverr Shirley at this place but He not
arriving according to Appointment the General & Company
returned to Alexandria last Monday. Governor Shirley has
not yet reached Annapolis but I expect him & Govr Morris to
Morrow & shall the next morning accompany them to Alex-
andria where the General proposes to tarry till the Middle or
End of next week whence he will proceed to Frederick Town
in his way with the Regiments to Wills Creek. With the
Generals Approbation all the Men that had been raised in this
Province are taken into the English Regiments except a Com-
pany of 53 which is still kept up for the honour of his Ldps
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