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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1753-1757
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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 453


 

 

A few days ago some Parties of Indians appeared in the two
neighbouring Colonies & cut off several of the Inhabitants &
indeed they have also done some Mischief lately on our Fron-
tiers tho not with impunity as yr Ldp will see by the inclosed
Gazette I have not for some time received any Lettrs from the
Northwd but by what I can learn it is not expected that our
Troops will offend the Enemy much this Summer in that
Quarter unless Ld Loudon should come over very shortly
with a much larger Body of Men than General Abercrombie is
lately arrived with
I am &c

[Sharpe to Calvert]

Fort Fredk the 13th Iuly 1756. transmitted by Capt Coolidge.

Sr
I am now to acknowledge the Receipt of Your Letter of the
9th of March together with His Ldp's Instructions of the same
Date, & have in Obedience to His Ldp's Requisition & your
Commands sent peremptory Orders to the Agent, Keepers of
the Rent-Rolls & His Ldp's other Officers to compleat such
Rentall Books as you require & to satisfy His Ldp that I have
done so I have inclosed him a Copy of my Instructions to
those Officers which in fact are much the same as I had before
given them agreeable to the Instructions which I have several
times received. It has I assure you given me inexpressible
Concern that His Ldp should have reason to repeat his Instruc-
tions on that Subject & I wish it had been as much in my
Power as in my Inclination to have given His Ldp Satisfaction


Letter Bk. I.

therein long since. Colo Lloyd has for his part been always
full of Professions & Promises that no one should have reason
to complain of any Neglect in him, but by Your Account I
think He seems as culpable as any one. I cannot help thinking
his Desire to have the Recommendation to all Offices which in
virtue of his Post he must have Inspection into a little extraor-
dinary, I do not well understand what is meant by" Offices
which he must have Inspection into," if he would have the
Keepers of the Rent Roll appointed by himself surely he can-
not desire more than to be one of them himself & to have
nominated the other, but if he means all the Officers that he
must at times be necessarily concerned with he must then have
the Recommendation or Appointment to every Place in the
Government for there is not one but as Agent he must
frequently have Business with, for my own Part I can assure
you that if such a Proceeding be agreeable to His Ldp I would
most readily resign to him the Nomination of any Officers
p. 215
 

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