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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 243
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by your Letter of the 22d of May or for the Support of the
Maryland Company that is now with you, indeed so infatuated
& averse to giving money were they that they have refused to
grant the least Sum towards the protection of our Frontiers &
the distant Inhabitants 26 of whom have been killed & carried
away by Indian Parties since you left Fort Cumberland. This
Obstinacy of theirs has rendered me unable to make any more
Remittances to Capt Dagworthy or his Company of which I
have informed him & advised him to wait on you for Orders
what to do with his Men or what part to act himself. I propose
to set out for Frederick in a Day or two & try what can be
done with the Militia the House of Assembly would persuade
them that the Law is not in force but I shall endeavour to shew
them that I entertain different Sentiments with respect to that
matter. By Letters from the Northward I am informed that
the Brest Squadron consisting of 4 Men of War & 20 Trans-
ports with 4000 Land Forces on board were arrived at Louis-
burg & that Admiral Boscawen was also before that place with
Ten Capital Ships & expected to be joined by 3 more of his
Fleet who had lost him in the passage, there is great Reason
to beleive they are not extremely well supplied with Provision
on Accot of the Embargo that was laid in Ireland: if so they
must soon be greatly distressed as some late Laws that have
been made by these several provinces have prevented the
Exportation of any Supplies hence to Cape Breton —
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[Sharpe to Capt. Orme.]
July 9th 1755—
Sr
I have writ to inform the General of my ill Success with our
Assembly who broke up Yesterday without making any Pro-
vision for the Service & uses for which the General asked
Money of this & the two neighbouring Provinces, by this
Event I am rendered unable to support or make any more
Remittances to Capt Dagworthy or his Company of which I
have acquainted him & advised him to wait on you to receive
the General's Orders for the Disposal of himself & the Men
under his Command. While our people had the General's
Letter under Consideration we received Intelligence that some
Parties of Indians had made Incursions & killed or carried
away 26 of the Inhabitants who dwelt a few miles from Fort
Cumberland, upon which I would have persuaded them to
impower me to raise & support a Company of Rangers for the
Protection of the Frontiers, but they refused to grant any
money for that or any other purpose, which Resolution I
beleive they will never recede from tho Half the Province
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