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

Letter Bk. I. 		[Sharpe to Calvert.]

30th of August transmitted by Capt Steuart's Ship —
Sr
Herewith I have transmitted the Acts of Assembly which
agreeably to your Desire I had gotten transcribed, & also under
a seperate Seal the Laws which have been enacted since my
Arrival in Maryland: I conceived 'twould be most proper
thus to return them in two Volumes as we are yet ignorant
what has been his Lordsp's final Determination with respect to
the Inspection Law. I think to compleat the sense in the third
Section of the Revenue Law of 1704 after the Words " before
the Departure of such Ship or Vessel" should have been
inserted from this Province, & that all & every Master &

Masters of any Ship or Vessells" coming into this Province

but I could not permit in a Transcript that was to be authenti-
cated such a Variation from the Original to which I recurred.
The latest Letters from Fort Cumberland advise us that the


P. 152 		Provincial Troops who are left there as a Garrison desert daily
it is said that they are reduced to 150 Men, Governor Innes
writes that on the 13th Inst a Lieutt who had been sent out
with a party of Men upon the Scout towards the Great
Meadows returned & reported "That two of his advanced
Scouts having discovered about 50 Indians in the Meadows
came running back to the Party, that about a Dozen of the
Indians followed very close four of which discovering them-
selves to be Friends came up to his party with these two Men
& advised him to turn immediately back, otherwise that he with
all his Party would be scalped for that there were 400 French
encamped at Colo Dunbar's Camp & had discovered the
Stores that were buried there & that they had an advanced
Guard of 100 more French posted about a Mile beyond the
Meadows that the French were coming this way & that the
Indians which were about a hundred more would soon be
amongst the Inhabitants" Upon this Alarm the Hospital is
removed down to Frederick Town & Governor Innes dis-
patched an Express to Colonel Dunbar who was proceeding
thro Pensa towards the Provinces of New York desiring a
Reinforcement from him, I know not what Regard Colo
Dunbar has paid to his Request but I am apt to think he is
still marching to join General Shirley who I conclude from his
last Lettr reached Oswego about 5 or 6 Days ago, I have
been now informed by Mr Morris himself that what I men-
tioned to you in my last respecting the Disposition of the
Pensa Assembly has proved too true, Peruse the inclosed
Gazettes & then I think you will not be at a loss to judge how
much is ever to be expected from that Quarter, & pretty nearly
 

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