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, the power of the Governors, for want of such a Militia Law
as is in force in the Northern Provinces we can scarcely oblige
the people to act in the Defence of themselves & properties
when immediately attacked, how then will they obey our
Orders to leave their Business & Families to march out of the
Province when they have not the least prospect or Expectations
of receiving a Reward for their Trouble. I am advised that
600 Men marched from Wills Creek the 28th of May in Order
to secure a passage over Georges Creek about 12 Miles
beyond Fort Cumberland or Wills Creek I suppose they
have thrown a Bridge over it & raised some kind of works for
its Defence in Case the .Enemy should Act Offensively; I
imagine the General marched with the Rest of the Troops last
Monday or Tuesday he had about 50 Indians with him & had
reason to expect more would join him on his March. I received
a Letter lately from New York advising me that 300 French &
some Indians passed by Oswego Fort on Lake Ontario the 13th
of May & that there is great reason to beleive some other
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Detachments went from Canada at the same time for the Ohio
also by the North Side of the Lake I think that Goverr Shir-
ley's & Sr Wm Pepperell's Regiments must have nearly reached
Oswego but Pepperell has not been able to get more than half
his Complement, wherefore the 500 Jersy Men are to act also
under Shirleys Command to make up the Deficiency. When
Colo Iohnson will proceed to Action I do not certainly know
but I hear the Troops that he is to command are almost
compleat —
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Papers.
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[Calvert to Sharpe.]
London June 12th 1755
Sir
I have yrs of the 10th of April by way of Philadilphia. It
concens His Lordp to understand the Lo: House have shown
no regard to His Instructions for Amendment of the Tobacco
Law. Obstinacy agt the Superior Lord well-Advised & with
Candour lay'd before a Legislative Body to Rectifye real mis-
take, the Non-Compliance Endangers the Wellfare of a People.
Alike is his Concern to know, their unwillingness to grant Aid
in Support & Defence Agt the Enemy of their King &
Country, & their offers of wrong to his Rights, with' any regard
or consideration to him. However, trusts yr rectitude to Abide
by His Instructions on Ordinary Licences &c.
By yrs since General Bradocks Arrival in America you have
not wanted Company at Annapolis: it seems to a been the
General Rendez-Vous It gives My Lord pleasure as it Lus-
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