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be expected from that quarter without the Compulsion of an
Act of Parliament is most evident & I am persuaded that our
People are much disposed to follow the Precedent that the
Pensilvanians have set them. The Virginians have granted
f 40000 more for the Service & the Governor talks of raising
therewith 1000 or 1200 Men immediately who are to be com-
manded by Mr Washington & to march over the Allegany
Hills within these two Months & build a Fort on the Western
Side of them, but Experience inclines me to think they will
not on this side Christmas raise more than Men enough to
defend Fort Cumberland & their own Frontiers. Sr I" S'
Clair's being with me is the reason you receive this in an
unusual Character, he is pretty well recovered of his wound
& proceeds Northward to Morrow Morning in his Way
to Colo Dunbar or to General Shirley at Oswego where I
beleive he expects to take up his winter quarters. &c
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[Sharpe to Baltimore.]
Sepf 15th 1755—
My Lord
Since I did myself the honour to address Your Ldp last I
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have been informed by Governor Morris that the Issue of his
Assembly's Meeting was such as I apprehended would follow
the proposal that common Rumour informed us had been made
as I intimated to your Ldp in my last Lettr I have sent Mr
Calvert for Your Ldps perusal the several Messages &
Addresses that passed between the Governor & Assembly on
that Occasion which evidently discover the Disposition of that
people & I am afraid that if our people were to be convened
they would not esteem the Pensilvanians proceedings as pre-
cedents unworthy their imitation, that Reason & the Con-
sideration that our Mite (in case the Assembly should have
met generously disposed & inclined to avoid Disputation &
Controversy) would not have been effectual without the Con-
currence & Aid of the Pensilvanians, determined the Gentle-
men of the Council to advise against a Session till I should be
honoured with your Lordship's farther Instructions. The
Virginians have granted the Sum of ^40000 for the Service
& are raising Men therewith for the protection of their Frontiers
& in case they can form a Body of 1000 or 1200 Men within
these two months the Governor will order them to march over
the mountains & construct some place of Defence on the
Western Side of the Allegany Ridge. I received a Letter
from Fort Cumberland near a month ago expressing the Gov-
ernor's Apprehensions that some French & Indians who had
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