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250 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. I.
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[Sharpe to Calvert]
July 15 1755. transmitted by Capt. Spencer.
S"
This Morning I recd from Alexandria a Copy of a Lettr
from which the inclosed is transcribed as this is the only Intelli-
gence we have recd of the Affair therein mentioned & as Colo
Innes expresses himself in such general Terms I know not
what to think tho I am apprehensive that the Enemy have
actually fallen upon the Army divided & defeated some or all
of the Divisions. I have myself recd no Letter from the
General or the Camp since that dated the 22d of June but a
Person belonging to the Train in a Lettr to a Gentn of this
place dated the first of this Month at their Camp near the
Great Meadows expresses himself in the following manner,
On the 9th of last Month the whole Army (except 600 Men
with Sr I St Clair who marched 2 Days before) went from
Wills Creek, & with infinite Difficulty thro the worst Roads in
the world arrived 10 Days afterwards at the little Meadows
where an Abatie was made by Sr John & 2 Engineers encircling
the whole Camp, here the whole halted 3 Days, then the Bar'
with his party moved forwards & the 2d Day after the General
with 4 Howitzers, 4. 12 Pounders, 13 Artillery Waggons,
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besides Ammunition Carts followed him & have kept marching
on ever since & this Evening tis expected his Excellcy will be
within 25 Miles of the Fort Colonel Dunbar with the Re-
mainder of the Army, 4 Artillery Officers 84 Carriages with
Ordnance Stores & all the Provision Waggons form the Rear,
amongst whom I have the honor to be, tho contrary to my
Inclination, as all the Sport will be over long before we can
reach the General. The night before last we were alarmed 4
different times by the Skulking Indians on whom our out
Guards & Gentries fired we have had 3 people scalpt but it
happened thro their own imprudence in loitering behind too
far, Tis said this morning the General has had Advice that
500 Regulars are in full march to the Fort which is the Reason
he is determined to be there before em. As we have had but
very little fresh Provisions since we left the Fort at Wills
Creek the Officers as well as the private Men have been &
still are extreemly ill with the Flux & many have died. To
morrow morning we march again & are to encamp on the
Western Side of the Great Meadows, thence we are to pro-
ceed after the General but am fearful it will not be before
we have built some Fortification there & left a strong Party of
Men with a great Deal of Provisions & Artillery Stores, our
Horses being so weak for want of Food & Rest that it is im-
possible for the whole Rear to join the Front in 25 Days.
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