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500 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. II]
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[two Letters dated the 17th May & 18th Iune. I informed you
in my Lettr of the 17th of Iuly that the Legislature of this Prov-
ince made an Act near two years since for preventing the
Exportation of Provisions & Military Stores from this Province
to any Part of the French King's Dominions, that Act is now
farther continued & I beleive it is effectual & answers the
Ends for which it was made. I cannot on the strictest Enquiry
find that the Inhabitants of this Province traded or corres-
ponded with any of His Majesty's Enemies during the late
war & I will use my utmost Endeavours & take effectual Care
that no such Trade or Correspondence shall be carried on
during this. Whatever French Prisoners shall be brought
hither by Commanders of His Majesty's or other Ships shall
be received & treated as such Persons have usually been.
Since I did myself the honour to address you in Iuly I have
convened our Assembly & pressed them to make such Provi-
sion as you was pleased to require in your Letters dated the
13th of March. They would not be prevailed on to make any
Allowance to the Masters of such Servants as have or may
engage in His Majestys Service, but I did after some time
persuade them to appropriate a Sum of Money for raising 300
Recruits for the Royal American Regiment, & another Sum
for supporting a third Company of 100 Men to garrison Fort
Frederick & patroll on our Frontiers till next April. About
one third of the Number to be raised at the Expence of this
Province for the Royal Americans have been brought hither &
deliver to such Officers of that Regiment as were appointed
to receive them & I hope we shall be able to get the Rest
within these two Months tho the Success of the Recruiting
Parties that have been sent from Nova Scotia & other parts to
this Province has much reduced the Number of those people
that were disposed to enlist in His Majesty's Forces — Nothing
worthy Notice has lately occurred in this Colony, the Indians
have made no Incursions these 3 months & I hope our Troops
are so disposed of as to render any further Attempts of His
Majesty's Enemies on our Frontier Inhabitants unsuccessful —
As a Sum of Money has been granted by our Assembly for
purchasing a Quantity of Powder & Ball for the use of the
Troops that have been or shall be raised for the immediate
Defence of this Province & Application made to me (by the
Mercht who is directed to procure it) for my Letter to shew
that it is for the publick & no private use, I beg leave to
acquaint you that I shall comply with the Merchant's Request
& grant such a Lettr as he desires hoping that he will on pre-
senting it obtain your Permission to export such Ammunition
as he might be ordered to purchase & transport hither
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