applied to support such Troops as it shall be thought proper to
raise in this province to act in Conjunction with those that may
be raised in the neighbouring Colonies for an Expedition to
the Westward & is made liable to the Drafts or Orders of the
Officer that shall be appointed to command on such Expedition.
As all the Men which have been raised in N Carolina are
transported to N York & the Pensilvanians continue averse to
granting any Supplies for the abovementioned Service the
Money will remain in our Treasury till the Commander in
Chief of His Majestys Forces in America shall signify his
pleasure concerning the Disposal of it. I do not hear that any
Mischief has been lately done on the Frontiers of this & the
two Neighbouring Colonies nor that any parties of Indians
have been for some time discovered on this Side Fort Cumber-
land. I am &c.
[Sharpe to Dinwiddie.]
31st of May 1756
Sr
Inclosed I send you an Extract from a Law which we have
at length with great Difficulty made for granting a Supply of
£40,000 for His Majesty's Service. As I have lately been
advised by Governor Dobbs that all the Troops which he has
been enabled to raise are by General Shirley's Order trans-
ported to N York & the Pensilvanians still remain averse to
Action I should be of Your Opinion as to the impracticability of
our acting offensively in these parts tho our Assembly had
given me a greater Latitude with respect to the £25,000, than
they have thought proper. I hope the Voluntier association
you speak of will have a good Effect & animate the lower
Class of People who in both these Colonies seem to stand in
need of some extraordinary Incitements. I have not heard of
the Arrival of Lord Loudon or any other Officers as yet but I
earnestly hope the Troops will arrive time enough to act in
Conjunction with those that are moving towards Ontario for I
have been lately informed that none of the Regulars are com-
pleat & I doubt not but the French will be strong this Summer
on the Lakes. I hope & flatter myself you will be able when
your Regiment is full to prevent such frequent Incursions of
the Indians into Virginia; I am about to proceed to the North
Mountain which is to be our extreem Limit to put our Fron-
tiers also into a better posture of Defence & to have a Fort
constructed there agreeable to our Act of Assembly. I am &c
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