Letter Bk. III
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vent the Exportation of Provisions to any of the Enemy's or
any Neutral Ports except Lisbon & Madeira, & as soon as I
am permitted to return home I shall take Care to extend the
Prohibition to these two places also & take effectual measures
to prevent any Vessels sayling from Maryland with Provisions
till Bond has been given by the Owners or Masters of them
agreeable to your Lordship's Instructions. Some of our
Vessels that traded to his Majesty's American Islands have
lately fallen into the Enemy's hands but there does not appear
to be the least room to suspect any Collusion; I flatter myself
None of His Majesty's Maryland Subjects will give Offence by
such Practices but if any of them should give room for Sus-
picion your Ldps may be assured that no Endeavours of mine
shall be wanting to discover the Offenders & to bring them
to Punishment. I am &c.
[Sharpe to Dr. Gregory Sharpe.]
Philaa 26th feby 1757—
Dr Br
As no other opportunity of Conveyance will probably offer
for some time I shall send this by the first Packett that might
be dispatched from N York to let you know that the Letter
which you writ from Bristol in Octr last reached me before I
left Maryland but not before our last Vessels were sailed for
London. The Ship by which you sent it fell into the hands of an
Enemy but the Master was afterwards suffered to ransom her
& proceed on his Voyage otherwise I should not till I arrived
here have been shocked with the News of my Brother's Death
nor before this time have felt what I have thereupon already
suffered. The Loss to me is grievous & irreparable but since
I am persuaded that I have no reason to lament on his Account,
I will not repine at this Act of Providence on my own, but
rather be grateful for the Friends that survive to me & think
myself sufficiently happy in not being yet destitute of Brothers
that are truely entituled to that Appellation. It gives me
great Satisfaction to learn that Brother Willm enjoys better
health than he had lately done & that you are also well, for this
Information I thank you & desire nothing more than that you
may continue to send me the same Account. It is now almost
a twelve month since I received any Letters from England
except of yours & a short one of little Consequence from Mr
Calvert, this I mention lest any of Brother Williams or your
own should have been miscarried & I condemned for not
duly acknowledging the Receipt of them & returning Answers.
I have been near a fortnight at this Place waiting the Com-
mands of Lord Loudoun who desired Governor Dobbs Mr Din-
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