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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1753-1757
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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 423


 

 
Inhabitants will resent such Conduct in him & I am persuaded
he will in a few years have little reason to applaud himself for
the Warmth he has shewn on this Occasion. In your Letter
dated the 25 of Octr You were pleased to recommend it to me
to make some Provision for Mr Wolstenholme by any place of
about £100 a year which might suit his. Situation, I am satis-
fied Mr Wolstenholme is well convinced that I should never
want inclination to do him Service was it in my power. I have
offered him a Sheveralty the only Office almost you know that
I can have an Opportunity of giving but he has always declined
accepting it; for my part I know no place that can suit him
unless it be a Naval Office & I submit it entirely to yourself
whether in case of any Vacancy he shall be appointed to one of
them. As Goverr Dobbs informs me that all the Troops which
have been raised in North Carolina have by Genl Shirley's
Desire been transported by water to New York, as the Pensa
Assembly have not & will not grant any more Supplies & as
the Act lately passed in this Province directs that none of the
£25,000 granted for carrying on an Expedition shall be emitted
or used unless both the Provinces of Virga & Pensa will furnish
or engage to furnish their respective & proportionable Quota's
of Men & money for that Service, I give over all thoughts of
seeing any Expedition undertaken or carryed on in these parts
against our common Enemy this year & am therefore preparing
to set off for the Frontiers to put this province in the best
Letter Bk. I.
posture of Defence that the Bill will permit me & to construct
a strong Fort on the North Mountain at least to oversee for a
while & put the Officers in such a way & give them such
Directions as will enable them to compleat it in the best manner
& render it most defensible; This Journey of mine I think the
more necessary as Engineers or persons of Military Experience
& Skill are not to be found in this part of the World & as
Fort Cumberland & the little places of Defence that have been
built in the two Neighbouring Colonies are by no means such
as I would have built on the Frontiers of this Province. The
Virginians have I hear at length determined by Drafts from
the Militia to compleat the Regiment that has been so long
raising & does not yet consist of 500 Men. It might be hoped
that when full the said Regiment will be able to prevent such
frequent Incursions into that Province but I beleive if they had
determined to raise twice the Number of Men by Drafts from
the Militia their Commander would not do much Execution in
the Enemy's Country or beyond the Mountains at least for this
Summer. We are told that all the Regiments & Troops to
the Northward are in Motion towards the places of their
respective Destination but as it is said that the Regulars are
far from compleat & that the Commissaries or Somebody have
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