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tracted to Serve, and that he has no Right to enlist in his
Majestys Service without his Masters Consent, untill the
Expiration of his time of Servitude
as to the 2d I am of Opinion that a Recruiting Officer
who enlists a Mans indented Servant knowing him to be
such, is liable to the Action of the Master, and that he
Ought to recover Damages adequate to the injury he sustains
by the loss of his Servant, but if an Officer should enlist a
Servant not knowing him to be such I think no Action will lye
against him, unless he should detain the Servant from his
Master, after he is informed of his being a Servant, In which
case I think an Action would lye against him.
as to the 3d I am of Opinion that the Governor cannot dis-
charge any Civil Action commenced by a Man for the Recovery
of his Property, and such is an Action commenced by a Master
agt an Officer for taking his Servant out of his Service
W. Dorsey
22d March 1756
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[Sharpe to Morris.]
22d March.
Sr
I am sorry to find by Your's from Newcastle that the Pensil-
vania Assembly have broke up witht granting any farther
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p. 182
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Supplies, however I am not without hopes that at the End of
the fortnight for which they have adjourned they will meet
disposed & determined to do more than you seem to expect.
The framing a Bill in consequence of the Vote I before men-
tioned to you has employed our people near a month, it has
not yet made it's appearance but I am told that due Care has
been taken to insert many Clauses that will lay the Upper
House as well as myself under a necessity of refusing it. Gov-
ernor Dinwiddie seems I think to entertain but faint hopes of
succeeding better with the Virginians who are to meet next
Friday so that I despair of seeing any thing done by these
Southern Colonies this Summer or untill the Legislature of
G Britain shall take our Condition under Consideration & save
our respective Assemblies the Trouble of providing for their
own Safety I have writ to General Shirley to this purpose &
intimated to him that the Commission & Instructions he was
pleased to honour me with will but little contribute to the
Reduction of Fort Du Quesne if there are no Troops for me to
take the Command of, No Money to raise & support any, No
Arms for them if they were raised & No Artillery, Ammunition
or Provisions. — Pray how did the Assembly behave on the
Receipt of the General's Lettr & Observations upon their
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