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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1753-1757
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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 265


 

 

together with the want of Officers as well as Men & Camp ]
Equipage, the Disposition & weakness of those that have made
the last & above all the want of a Fund to defray the Expences
of another Campaign occured as Arguments against his
Marching immediately to act on the Offensive or to pursue the
plan that the General had proposed to prosecute wherefore he
has put the Resolution he had before taken in Execution & is
returning to Phila in Expectation I presume of receiving there
General Shirley's Letters or Instructions. The several Com-
panies that have been raised & supported by the Govts of
Virga N Carolina & Maryland are left to garrison Fort Cum-
berland & to protect the Frontiers of these Provinces till
something farther can be done for their security & for his
Majestys Service. With due respect &c —

[Sharpe to Dinwiddie.]

Augst iith 1755—
Sr
Yours dated the 31" July I received last Thursday on my
Return from Fort Cumberland whither the unwelcome News
of General Braddock's Misfortune & the Consternation &
Apprehensions of our distant Inhabitants had carried me, I
had procured & was sending away some Beeves & wine from
Conegogee to the Camp imagining the Troops there may have
wanted such necessaries when I was advised that they had the
greatest plenty of both & that Colo Dunbar was preparing to
march with the Remains of the two Regiments & the Inde-


Letter Bk. II.

pendant Companies to Phila This last Accot had more alarmed
our back Inhabitants than the Generals Defeat they concluded
that they should be now left exposed to the Incursions of the
Indians & an easy prey to a victorious & cruel Enemy. Some
that wer retiring to the more populous parts of the Province
I persuaded to return with me & encouraged many others who

entertained thoughts of removing to remain on their plantations

by promising them that some effectual measures should be
instantly taken for their Protection & security. Accordingly I
have ordered some small Forts to be constructed in the distant
Parts of the Province to which the neighbouring Families may
resort in case of an alarm & unite with the Garrisons which
are composed of some Voluntiers that went out so far with me.
The Expence of this I shall be enabled to defray by the sub-
scription that has been made here for such purposes & out of
the same Fund I shall support Capt Dagworthys Company
that was with the General which is now with the Virga Forces
at Fort Cumberland the last of July when I reached the Camp
Colo Dunbar gave Orders to the Troops to put themselves in


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