Williamsburg Virg^a Mar. 25^th 1754.
S^r
Yours of the 11^th Curr^t I duely rec^d & am heartily sorry y^r
Assembly will not assist with Forces to repell the unjustifiable
Encroachments of the French. I am oblig'd by His Majestys
Comds to endeavour the building of two Forts on the Ohio,
but I fear the small Force rais'd here will not be sufficient.
The President of North Carolina writes me that their Assem-
bly have voted" £12,000 Proclam^a Money, & that they are
enlisting Men accordingly, & thinke they will raise 750 - The
Gov^r of Pensylv^a thinks he will be able to prevail with the
Assembly to grant a handsom Supply, their House are to sit
down the second of next Month.
I have rais'd 300 Men, which, with a Comp^a under Cap^tTrent's com^d now at the Ohio, is all I can propose to raise from
the small Sum given by our Assembly, but I doubt not they
will increase the sum hereafter. - I am thorowly convinc'd of
your assiduous endeavours with your People; but there is no
resisting an ill-founded Prejudice; if they wou'd look forward
& Consider the dismal Consequences that must follow the
Settlem^t of the French so near our Frontiers, they certainly
wou'd chearfully assist with a proper Supply; as it's easier to
prevent their settling, than dislodge them when settled; besides