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virtue of His Majesty's Commission I sent him Orders to con-
fine himself to the Command of the Fort alone & not interfere
with any Troops in the Barracks or assume any Authority over
the Virginians that should be there Posted —
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[Sharpe to Calvert.]
Annapolis the 5th Iany 1756. transmitted by Capt
Montgomerie.
Sr
By a Ship which I am told is just about to sail from Potow-
mack I embrace this Opportunity of acknowledging the Receipt
of your Lettrs of the 22dof Augst & 4th of Septr together with
His Ldp's Instructions of the same Date. I only want two
Constable's Returns of the Number of People in their Dis-
tricts to compleat a List of the Number of our Inhabitants, as
soon as they are received such an exact List shall be made out
for his Ldp & sent in my first Letr Colo Tasker accepts the
Office on the Conditions you offer, viz the payment of £200
annually to your Order, & acts by my Appointment till you
shall please to send him a Deputation. As Mr Darnal
peremptorily refuses to resign the Naval Office of Potuxent &
become Keeper of either Rent Roll I cannot execute that part
of His Ldp's Instructions as I intended to do as soon as Mr
Thomas & Colo Lloyd come to Annapolis which I expect in a
few Days, I shall give Colo Lloyd such a Hint as you desire
& make Mr Thos an Offer to be Joint Commissary with Mr
Tasker which I hope he will accept, otherwise I shall be much
at a loss, there being no Gent" else in the Council at all
acquainted with the Law except Mr Wm Goldsborough & Colo
Henry who reside on the Eastern Shore & would not I appre-
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p. 179
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hend be induced by such an Office to quit their Plantations.
Twas the want of such Gentn in his Ldp's Council as I have
heretofore intimated to you that made me recommend three of
the Profession in my former Lettr beside those whom His
Ldp approved of. I am sorry the Capt. who charged himself
with the Box you speak of acted so contrary to Order by
delivering it at a distant Post-Office when he was himself bound
directly for London. The Lead was inclosed to sink the Box
in case of the Vessel's falling into the hands of the Enemy
which at that time we should not have been surprized to hear
& I conceived such a Precaution necessary on Accot of the
Plan of Operations which I by that Opportunity sent his Ldp,
but you may be assured no such Accident shall happen for the
future. You say his Ldp would have that part of his Province
which lies beyond Wills-Creek divided from Frederick Cty &
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