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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1753-1757
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534 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. I.
His Ldp has no farther Commands for us Governors Din-
widdie Dobbs & Myself intend to set off for Annapolis next
Friday Morning. The Assembly is to meet there the Monday
following, if the Small Pox rages less there than it has lately
done perhaps we shall be able to get a House but if the Mem-
bers decline coming thither for fear of that Distemper I shall
with the Advice of your Ldps Council prorogue the Assembly
for a few Days & then appoint them to meet at Baltimore
Town in Case the Small Pox should not be at that place.
As a considerable part of the £40,000 remains still unexpended
I hope I shall be able to persuade the Assembly to furnish the

p. 264
Quota that His Lordship requires of them (which indeed I
think no large one & I hope too they will raise the Additional
Supplies that I shall ask by such means as will be agreeable to
Your Ldp tho I am afraid that Mr Denny's being pressed by
Ld Loudoun to recede from some Points that he has been
insisting on with his Assembly will have an ill Effect on the
Assemblies of the other Provinces. As to the Question between
Govr Denny & the Assembly whether the Proprietaries Quit
Rents & unimproved Lands should be subjected to a Tax I
hear it is to be waved for the present but the Assembly have
deputed two Members of their House to go to England to
make Application to Parliament & to endeavour to get the
Sense of the Legislature of Great Britain on the Matters about
which their Governors & they have been unhappily contending.
It was reported here yesterday that some Indians whom We
look upon as our Friends are come into a Fort which the
Troops in the pay of this Province have been building at a
Place called Shamokin (at the Forks of Susquehanna about 100
Miles North-West from this Place) & declare that the French
& Indians at Venango to the Number of 800 are making Prep-
arations to make a Descent on Shamokin as soon as the
Weather will permit. The Garrison at present there does not
consist of more than 200 Men but I hope if the Enemy have
really any such Design it will be reinforced before they can
carry it into Execution. I shall embrace the first opportunity
of Conveyance that offers to acquaint Your Ldp with my Suc-
cess with the Assembly & with every Occurrence which may be
worthy your Ldp's Notice in the mean time I remain My Ld
Yr Ldp's
mo faithful & mo devoted Servt

p. 265
[Sharpe to Calvert]

24th March 1757.
Sir
As I am obliged to wait on Lord Loudoun this Morning &
am afraid that I shall scarcely find time before I leave this place

 

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