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[Dinwiddie to Sharpe.]
Williamsburg Virga Ist May 1754.
Sir
Your favo of 25th Apr.. I recd last Night. I am very glad You
agree with me in opinion, in regard to Govr Glen's Proposal ;
as I am convinced, if a Govr of this Dominion shou'd direct the
Assembly either in regard to raising Men or Money, wou'd be
the infallable way of being disappointed of both, for they depend
greatly on their own Notions and Judgements. Yr Letter to
that Gent" shall be duely forwarded; & I shall at all Times be
ready to concur with the Govrs on this Continent, in any
reasonable Scheme for His Majesty's Service, & that of these
Colonies. Mr De Lancey has wrote me to the same Purpose
he wrote you; however Eligible his Proposal may be, we can
do Nothing this Year, as rny whole Attention is on the Ohio
Expedition, & I agree with you that a General Plan wou'd be
more proper to be laid before an Assembly; as I think the
different Colonies are too much confin'd to their seperate
Interests, without considering Themselves Subjects to one
Prince.
I wish you may succeed with Your Assembly for a Supply,
as it appears to me monsterous, that from the many Informats
we have of the French Intentions, that any British Colony shou'd
hesitate in granting a mutual Assistance against the cofnon
Enemy, on this present Exigency of our Affairs.
You may be assur'd it gives me great Pleasure & Satisfac-
tion that the Plan of my opperations on this Expedition meets
with Your Approbation. If our Assembly had voted the sum
they have now given, on my Aplication to them in Novr I am
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