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[Dinwiddie to Sharpe.]
Williamsburg Novr 12th 1756.
Sir
I receiv'd Your Letter by Colo Lee. I shall be glad to hear
the Information of the Person sent you by Colo Stephens; tho'
from all Accts they cannot spare 160 men from Fort Du
Quesne, at same Time I fancy they may make an Attempt on
Fort Cumberland; have therefore order'd Colo Washington to
call a Council of Officers, to consult if they think it may be
properly defended, in case the Enemy shou'd attack it; if not,
to send all the Ammunition &c. to Winchester, & abandon
Fort Cumberland, destroying every Thing that may be of use
to the Enemy — I have not yet receiv'd their Report.
I doubt not in the Summer they will march a Body of Troops
against these Colonies, I therefore think it our Duty to be
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