[Dinwiddie to Sharpe.]
Williamsburg Iune 18th 1755
Sir
Yours of the 8th Currt I recd from Mr Hunter I have from the
General a Letter much to the same Purport of what you
enclos'd me, & am of opinion if the General succeeds in taking
the Fort at the Ohio, that the Charges attending & maintaining
it shou'd be paid by Pensylvaa Maryland & this Colony; & as
our Assembly meets next Tuesday I shall endeavour to get
them to provide for that Service & hope you will meet Your
Assembly in good Temper to do what is absolutely necessary
at this Time.
As Fort Cumberland shou'd be taken Care of, will not your
People enable you to raise some men to place in that Fort? &
I will raise some for that Service. I have wrote to the County
Lieuts to have their Militia in order, to keep Patrolers on the
Frontiers to give proper Alarms in Case the French or Indians
shou'd attempt any Invasion among our Settlers in the back
Country.
I am preparing to send up ten Carriage Guns with all their
Appurtenances to be sent to Fort Cumberland & from thence
to the Fort on the Ohio Provisions must be properly supplied
& I have wrote to Govr Morris on that Head, his Letter is
enclosed which I beg you to forward by very first oppty The
Delay of our Forces has given the French great opportunity of
reinforcing their men on the Ohio; but I am of opinion those
they have at the Ohio will be but small to those the Genl
marches with him, so that I do not doubt of Success but the
Season of the Year advances.
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