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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1753-1757
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 230 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. II. 		what I had begun having given the Commissaries that Gov-
ernor Dinwiddie had now appointed Instructions about laying
Provisions into the Magazine we returned to Williamsburg in
hopes of finding the General by that time there being disap-
pointed in these Expectations I could not wait his Arrival by
reason our Assembly was again about to meet, but I left a
Lettr for him & as soon as I was released by the Assembly's
Prorogation I waited on him the last week in March at Alex-
andria where he was just arrived & where the Regiments from
Ireland were then disembarked & Encamped. The 3d of
April the General came to Annapolis where he had appointed
to have an Interview with Governor Shirley who however did
not come hither till the week following & then we proceeded
to the General at Alexandria. With General Braddock I had
the honour & satisfaction to welcome Commodore Kepple to
Annapolis & from him to receive your Favour dated the
General Braddock stayed here three Days with a little Impa-
tience & at his Return hence ordered the Regiments to move
westward Colo Halketts & the Train thro Virga to Fort Cum-

p. 112 		berland & Colo. Dunbar's on this side Potowmack to the same
place. The great Scarcely of Waggons & Horses in these
Parts & the Difficulty of getting those that are by reason our
Assemblies had granted no money for the Payment of them or
for any such Purposes obliged the Troops to move very slowly
so that they did not reach Fort Cumberland till the 2d week in
May & all the Stores were not got thither till some time after-
wards. The 28th of May a Detachment of 600 was ordered to
march & fling a Bridge over a Stream that flows 14 or 15 miles
from Fort Cumberland westward & the General with the Rest
of the Troops followed the 10th Inst. & had on the 17th with a
good deal of Difficulty on Account of the Hills & Mountains
that occurred marched about 25 or 30 Miles. I beleive they
have as many more Miles to march before they get into a level
Country. The Army consists of about 2300 Men fifty of whom
are left under the Command of Colo. Innes (he is a Gentn of
N Carolina was a Captain at Carthegena but has since sold his
Commission) at Fort Cumberland. The Troops have hitherto
been pretty healthy, I am informed 50 Invalids only are left
behind with Colonel Innes. After this week we shall be in
daily Expectation of receiving Letters from Fort Du Quesne
that will give all his Friends & these Colonies Room to con-
gratulate themselves on the Generals Success. He tells me
that he proposes to repair the Fort that the French have raised
in case he reduces it or build some other place of Defence there
as a Barrier against future Encroachments which he will garri-
son with the Virginia & Maryland Troops & leave it to these
two Colonies to Victual them: I do not know who is to have
 

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