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two British Regiments were ordered to prepare to follow
them. Later Letters from Albany persuade Us that the
Report of the Indian Scouts was groundless & tell us that
upon General Iohnson's having intimated as much by second
Letters the March of the British Regiments had been counter-
manded. . . Upon the Indians making Incursions into Pensa
towards the End of last Month & murthering many of the
Inhabitants Govr Morris convened the Assembly & intreated
them to consider of the unhappy Condition of their Defenceless
Country & make some Provision for the Safety of the Inhabit-
ants the Assembly has been sitting ever since but notwith-
standing the Indians continue their Depredations have renewed
their Disputes with the Goverr & absolutely refused to grant
any money unless by a Land Tax to which the Proprietary's
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Reserved Lands should be subjected as well as his Tenant's
Estates, I dont know whether they have yet concluded the
Session but I take it for granted that the Issue thereof will be
just the same as was that of the preceeding when I left
Annapolis I desired Mr Tasker to send me immediate Advice
if any thing extraordinary should happen in his Ldp's Govt
during my Absence or if any Indians should appear again upon
our Frontiers, As I have not received any Letter & do not
hear that any Mischief has been done there I conclude that
things remain in the same Situation that they were when I left
Maryland & as they will I hope till I return again thither.
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p. 176
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[Sharpe to John & William Sharpe.]
New York. Novr 25th 1755 —
Dr Br
In Compliance with Genl Shirley's Request I have every
Day since the 8th Inst. here expected his Arrival from Albany
where he tells me in a Lettr dated the 16th that I yesterday
received he has been detained by the necessity of unforeseen
Business of the greatest Consequence contrary to his Expecta-
tions & Appointment, & in the same Lettr desires me if
possible to defer my Return to Maryland a few Days longer
arguing it will be well taken by His Majesty's Ministers as our
having an Interview at this time is expedient & likely to
promote the publick Good. Finding an Attempt on either of
the French Forts on Lake Ontario this Season impracticable
He has left 700 men of his own & Sr Wm Pepperell's Regi-
ments at Oswego under the Command of Lieut Colo Mercer &
taken the Rest of those Regiments down to winter in the
inhabited Parts of the Province. Some Gentlemen of this City
were informed last week by their Correspondents at Albany
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p. 155
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