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520 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. III
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[Sharpe to Maj. Alexr Prevost.]
28th of Iany 1757.
Sir
I am extreemly sorry to find myself under the Necessity of
informing you that since I have been favoured with your Letter
by Mr Campbell all the hopes which I had before entertained
of being able to serve the Troops under your Command are
vanished & that it is not in my power to afford, or to procure
them at present the least Relief. The Assembly should have
met last Monday agreeable to my Summons but it seems the
News of our having the Small-Pox deterred them nor would
more than about fourteen of the Burgesses be prevailed on to
come near the place. As we could do no Business whatever
unless more than twice that Number were present I have after
detaining them five Days complied with the Request of the
few that did attend, by prorogueing the Assembly to the 10th
of March by which time I hope we shall be free from the Dis-
temper that is said to be so terrible to most of the Gentn of
whom our Assembly is composed. I should have received
great pleasure from contributing to the Satisfaction of the
Officers & Men under your Command & if the Representatives
of the People had given me an opportunity I should have used
my utmost Endeavours to procure the Soldiers such Neces-
saries & Conveniences as would render their quarters agree-
able, but being disappointed in my Expectations as I have
above related, I can do no more than assure you than when the
Gentlemen of the Assembly shall give me an opportunity of
addressing myself to them, I will recommend it to them in the
most earnest manner to reimburse such Persons as have or
may be put to any Expence in furnishing the Seven Companies
under your Command with such Things as they stand in
need of —
I am &c.
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Letter Bk. I.
p. 250
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[Sharpe to Baltimore.]
4th Feby 1757.
My Ld
Having just heard that a Ship is about to sail from a distant
part of the Province I embrace the Opportunity to advise your
Ldp of such Occurrences as have happened since the Depar-
ture of our last Ships afforded us opportunities of transmitting
Letters to England. I have not heard of any Mischief being
done on the Frontiers of these Colonies for a long time & I
hope the Weather as well as our Ranging Parties will secure
the Inhabitants for these two or three Months. In November
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