A Letter also was sent to the same purport to Cap^t Orme

May 9^th 1755.
D^r S^r
I take this Opportunity of acquainting you that I left the
General Capt. Orme & Morris Col^o Washington & M^r Shirley
this Day Sen'net at Swerengen's Ferry on their way to Win-
chester I suppose they will reach Wills-Creek to morrow.
Col^o Dunbar's Regiment marched from Frederickton the 29^th
of April, Col^o Halketts & the Virg^a Companies had I hear left
Winchester some Days before there was a good Deal of
Difficulty in procuring a Sufficient number of Waggons to

[Extract of letter of Calvert to Sharpe.]
13^th May 1755

The Cause you mention before the Provincial Court about
the time of M^r Ogle's Death, the particulars I was not apprized
of M^r Tasker who presided then under His Lordship's
Guardians as chief in the Government notifyed to me Claim-
ants to Talbot mannour which I understood were Heirs who
derived their Claim from M^r Talbot the first Patentee. It is
plain there has been two Forfeitures of the Estate One by
Murder, the other by Treason, from the Latter you have a
Testification according to Law of Rebellion from the Commis-
sioners of forfeited Estates here, on which Rest His Lordship
fixes most proper his Right to the mannour of Talbot &
Estate. His Lordship has taken Consideration in relation
thereto stated from the Circumstance represented by you con-
tained in your Letter to me the 11^th of March last & is hereby
pleased to order & direct me to inform you that he does