Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 373

service, & since its, not obtained, I have told y^r Brother Will^m
that I hoped, he & Iohn wo^d get you the Establishm^t of half
pay in consequence of y^r last Comissⁿ from His Majesty as
L^t Col: & Commd^r in Chief of the fforces in America.
My Lord having rec^d a Let^r from M^r Hugh Jones Bohemia
Maryland Nov^r 28^th 1755. wherein he speaks of himself with
much Merit on Acco^t of services done the late Lord & the
present, in the Disputes between Maryland & Pensilvania &
further observes, that he imagines the south Branch of Poto-
mack extends much the furthest to the westw^d w^h he says he
thinks is .now generally allow'd, tho' L^d Fairfax has laid
down his western Boundary by a Line from the south Branch
of Rappahenock to the north Branch of Potomack w^h he
observes deprives L^d Baltimore of a vast quantity of Land
evidently within His Charter, with^t any advantage to Lord
Fairfax, for he wo^d include as much if not more Lands by
running to the southern Branch as he does by running to the
northern. My Lord desires you'l inquire into these matters
with respect to the North & south Branches of Potomack
River, how the Courses of the River runs to his Advantage or
Disadvantage, And if to his Advantage with^t Loss to Lord
Fairfax, you will endeavour & ajust the same w^th Lord Fairfax;
And under this Head the Colony of Virginia must be included
in such Adjustm^t of these matters, you will by the earliest
Opportunity acquaint My Lord by Let^r from y^r self. M^r Iones
desires a Compensation for his Trouble & Endeavours for the
Benefit of My Lord, w^h he has been at & has been by him trans-
mitted he requests of His Lord^p for his son in Law M^r Simon
Willmer of Kent to be sheriff of that County, the next vacancy
in 1756 & says he dare engage for his Qualifications & due
Discharge of that Office, of w^h Request His Lord^p Leaves to
y^r Consideration, as now the Sheriffs are to be the Receivers
of His Quit-Rents; if you think M^r Iones's Request consistent
with His Lord^ps Affairs you will admit thereof.
War or Peace seems still as uncertain as ever, all Regiments
here are almost completed. The same is said of the great
Levies in France, from whence England is threaten'd with an
Invasion. Notwithstand^g the most refined Politicians still ven-
ture to assert there will be no War, the Truth of w^h this summer
must discover. The Treaty lately concluded between His
Majesty & the King of Prussia, whereby the latter has engag'd
to Guarantee the Electorate of Hanover against fforeign Troops
&c. seems to have sett France at a Loss what Turn to take.
May All Health and Happyness attend you and the Province
of Maryland is the sincere wish of him who is with peculiar
Esteem,
Dear Sir
Your Sincere Humble Servant
Caecil^s Calvert.