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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 289
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Division of his Army wch was just then arrived in twenty Six
Days from Skenectady the whole Body of Men then with him
did not exceed 1400 of whom many were sick & One hundred
kept constantly employed in constructing a place of Defence at
the mouth of Oswego River on the Eastern Side. The
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Letter Bk. II.
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Desertion of Battoe-Men had prevented his receiving proper
Supplies of Provisions but he expressed hopes of being soon
enabled by the Arrival of a sufficient quantity to attempt some-
thing before this time Colo Dunbar with the two Regiments
& three Independant Companies has received Orders & is
marched to Albany where General Shirley intends they shall
take up their winter quarters & be in readiness to act seper-
ately or in Conjunction with such provincials as the Colonies
shall think fit to raise & march against any of the French
Settlements early in the Spring — Govr Dinwiddie has already
dropt the Scheme of building a Fort this winter beyond the
mountains, but his Officers are levying men for Coll Washing-
ton's Regiment that is to be diciplined & ready for Action as
soon as the Severity of the Winter is over —
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p. 147
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[Sharpe to Calvert.]
6th of Octobr 1755 transmitted by Capt Hamilton —
Sr
I presume that long before this can be presented you will
have heard of the Action that happened on the 8th Ult. between
the French from Canada & the English Provincial Troops
commanded by General Iohnson near Wood Creek & Lake
George (by the French called Sacrement) A particular &
Authentick Account by Lett/ of that Engagement I have not
received, but you will see all that we know of the Affair in the
late Pensilva Gazetts wch I have inclosed for your Perusal.
The last of those papers will also shew You that the Contro-
versy which has subsisted between Goverr Morris & the Pensa
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p. 158
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Assembly is not more likely to be terminated than it was when
I sent some Proceedings of theirs with a former Lettr I have
just received a Letf from Genl Shirley dated at Oswego the
9th of Septr wherein he tells me that the last Division of the
Forces under his Command being arrived there on the 2d of
that Month after a March of 26 Days from Skenectady he
found that the whole Number then with him did not exceed
1400 of whom 100 were kept constantly employed in con-
structing a new Fort, which tho he does not say it I conclude
is on a Point that commands Oswego Fort. By the Desertion
of Boat & Battoe-Men he tells me he had not been able to get
up any Quantity of Provisions so that he had at that time
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