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Letter Bk. I
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. been discovered at the Meadows were coming to attack that
place but as I have not since heard any thing farther on that
Subject I am apt to think the Governor's fears were in some
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sort groundless, tho the continual Desertion of the Garrison
since the Regulars seperated from them cannot but give him
great Room for Uneasiness. I am told that Colonel Dunbar
who is at Phila has received Orders from General Shirley to
join him as soon as possible & I expect that in compliance with
such Orders the Troops are by this time about to leave that
place. Late Letters from the Northward I have received none
but the Gazettes inform Us that General Iohnson thought him-
self too weak to invest Crown Point & therefore was employing
himself in raising a Fort 20 Miles on this Side thereof till he
could be reinforced from the N. England Governts to whom he
had made his Situation known & from whom we hope he will
receive sufficient & timely Succours. General Shirley I appre-
hend acts only on the Defensive & is busied in erecting a
strong Fort on the Shore of Ontario Lake whereon it is said
we have three Vessels of Force, as soon as I receive any
Intelligence from that Quarter or if any thing of importance
occurs in Your Lordship's province I shall not fail to send
Your Ldp immediate Advice thereof & in the mean time I
remain
Yr Ldps—
[Sharpe to Calvert.]
15th Septr 1755 transmitted by Capt.
Sr
With Duplicates of my last Letters I inclose you the latest
pensa Gazette which contains all the News that we have re-
ceived from the Northward; no account has been brought
from Fort Cumberland since that which I have already sent
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you, from whence I conclude that Affairs continue in the same
Situation, Colonel Dunbar has not sent thither a Reinforce-
ment, but is about to leave Phila it is said & to proceed towards
General Shirley. In Virginia they are levying Troops as fast
as they can & Governor Dinwiddie flatters himself that he shall
be able to have 1200 Virginians ready to form a Body in about
two Months to march over the Allegany Mountains & to con-
struct some place of Defence on the Western Side of them; I
wish he may see his plan executed, but the frequent Desertions
from the provincials since they have lost all Dread of severe
punishment by the Regulars leaving them inclines me to
entertain some fears that there will be greater Difficulty in
marching such a Body of Provincials & keeping them tugethci
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