advised Capt Gates of his being apprehended & in Prison
I presume he will be sent for & punished agreeable to the
Sentence of a Court Martial. —
[Sharpe to Dinwiddie.]
22d of Iany 1757.
Sir
As I find by a Letter which your Messenger has just brought
me from the Earl of Loudoun that His Lordship expects to be
favoured with your Company at Philadelphia the 17th of next
Month I shall hope to have the pleasure of seeing you at
Annapolis in your way thither & of waiting on you to Pensil-
vania, If you'll be pleased to let me know when you intend to
cross Potowmack I will order a Vehicle to that River to wait
your arrival; & if you approve thereof & the Wind should
serve I can engage a good commodious Vessel to carry us
hence to the Head of the Bay where a Carriage might attend
us. Unless the News of our having the Small-Pox in this
Place should deter them I expect our Assembly will meet here
on Monday next to make some Provision (if my Recommenda-
tion shall have any weight with them) for supplying seven
Companies of the Royal Americans who are ordered hither for
the Winter with such Necessaries as they stand in need of &
as Soldiers are usually supplied with in Winter-Quarters.
[Sharpe to Denny.]
28th Iany 1757.
Sir
Colo. Bird of Virginia calling on me in his way to Phila
I embrace the Opportunity to pay my Respects to you which I
hope to do in person about the 17th of next Month. Major
Prevost having represented to me that many of the Soldiers
who are ordered to this Province are in great want of such
Necessaries as Troops ought to be furnished with in winter
quarters I would have met our Assembly & recommended the
Case of the poor Fellows to their Consideration but our having
the Small Pox at this place has been made a Pretence for their
not meeting me & I find myself under the disagreeable
necessity of telling the Major that it is not in my power to
comply with his Request or to contribute in any respect to the
Relief of the Men under his Command. &c.
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