what Steps you would choose to have taken in case ludgment
should be given for the Plantiff. Inclosed is a Letter from
Governor Dinwiddie, he tells me that all the Field Pieces that
were in that Dominion Your Excellency has ordered to New
York, that he has but very few small Arms not sufficient for
the Virginia Troops, that the Officers of Colo Washington's
Regiment have not yet been able to raise 600 Men & that he
is much afraid his Assembly which is to meet about this time
will not grant such Supplies as your Excellency expects, or
even as will be required for making a Diversion to the West-
ward. The Assembly of Pensilvania has I hear broke up with-
out doing any thing & I begin to despair of any Success with
ours which has been now sitting more than a Month without
any Supply Bill's making it's Appearance; At this time they
are employing themselves in preparing a Remonstrance
against the Proceedings of the military Officers in Enlisting
their Servants upon which Subject I expect to be addressed
& shall be glad if their Resentment does not lead them to
insert such Clauses in the Supply Bill that is framing as will
lay the Upper House or myself under a necessity of refusing
it. Governor Dinwiddie says he has reason to expect the
Commissioners that are gone to the Cherokee & Catawba
Nations will engage a very considerable Body of those Indians
to be at Fort Cumberland this Spring to art in Conjunction
with such English Forces as should be raised in these Colonies
for an Expedition to the Westward. He says you mentioned
that these People were to be allowed British pay but as you
did not tell him how or from what Fund they were to be paid
he desires me to ask that question; I presume Your Excellency
expects that these Colonies would take that Expence on them-
selves, but as Governor Dinwiddie desires your answer on that
Article I shall be glad to be favoured therewith, & also to know
if your Excellency could furnish us with any number of small
Arms, in case Troops should be raised here, for I beleive we
have not more than 300 or 400 Stand at most in this province.
I am &c —
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