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[Sharpe to Morris.]
Iune 9th
br
Your Letters dated the 29th of May & 2d of Iune I have
received & also one from General Braddock much to the same
purport with that of which you sent me a Copy. A Duplicate
was also sent to Govr Dinwiddie which was laid before the Vir-
ginia Assembly that was then sitting & he tells me they have
thereupon granted £6000. for the uses & Services for which
the General sollicits Supplies if these Governts only follow the
Example I hope we shall find no Difficulty in complying with
his Excellency's Desire & Requisition, if they should be
averse to making such a Provision I know not what can be
done but this is certain that the Leaving any Troops at Fort
du Quesne without a Sufficiency of military Stores & Pro-
visions must be attended with the worst Consequences, &
these Provinces will I doubt severely feel the Effects of it rather
than such an Event should happen if we had provisions I
would make a Trial whether our Militia could not be taken out
to Escort & convoy them thither; I flatter myself your
Assembly will not refuse to furnish some Supplies of that Sort
& then whatever be the Issue of our Gentlemen's Meeting; a
few Cannon some Arms & Ammunition shall be sent from this
place. I have writ to Virga for Governor Dinwiddie's Opinion
hereon & to know by what means he would have us contribute
to the Service in case we cannot succeed so far as to obtain the
Supplies now asked for such important purposes. I really
think the French & their Indians will execute their Threats
against the Back Inhabitants in hopes thereby to retard or
recall the Forces that are marched under the Command of
General Braddock. I have notified that piece of Intelligence
to our distant Inhabitants & cautioned & exhorted them by a
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