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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 61
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Induction to sign such Bonds as I have inclosed Copies of, I
will proceed as often as Occasions offer & hope it will effectu-
ally prevent for the future any Complainings against Lives
& Examples of the Clergy. If I could obtain permission I
would by some Removals of a few of the Order to Livings a
little more considerable than those they now enjoy bring them
under the like Regulation & prevent the possibility of their
future immoral or vicious Conduct. — In a Letter dated the 10th
of Decemr last I made favourable mention of Mr Danl Dulany
as a Person well qualified & very proper to succeed his Father
in the Council & also if it should be so approved of to execute
& enjoy jointly with Mr Tasker the Office of Commissary.
Your Letter bearing Date the 5th of Jany that I have had the
pleasure to receive affording me Room to expect my Proposal
will meet with Approbation; I opened to Mr Dulany what Steps
I had taken with respect to him in the Affair, for which He
acknowledged himself much obliged, but considering with
himself that his Acceptance of the Office tho on those terms
would oblige him to relinquish his practice as a Lawyer which
brings him in annually a very considerable Estate, He seemed
disposed to decline the proposal till He had had some Con-
versation with Mr Tasker thereon, after which they made it a
joint Request as an equal Favour & obligation to both that I
would apply to have the Commission directed to Mr Dulany
alone. I presume the Gentn have writ themselves on the affair
to desire your favourable hearing of such a Request.
For a Successor to Mr Young in his Ldp's Council I have
taken the liberty to recommend Mr Wm Goldsborough or Mr
James Tilghman Gent" much esteemed for their Probity
Temper & Abilities.
I might perhaps be expected to give an extraordinary Reason
for mentioning Mr Goldsborough after discountenancing in so
particular a manner his Brother's Application but a natural
Relationship you are sensible does not imply a Similarity of
manners & Dispositions & convincing Instance of that observa-
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Letter Bk. I.
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tion is here to be met with, the great Reputation Character &
Esteem his Prudence honesty & honour had acquired him
induced me to appoint him one of the Judges of Assize which
Trust he has discharged with general Approbation & Applause,
Him or the other Gentn who professes the Law I have ventured
to recommend as Gentn whose Capacity will add great Strength
to his Ldp's Council.
I was obliged to acquaint his Ldp with the impracticability
of compleating the Govrs House by Lottery; if His Ldp chuses
to advance any Sum for reparing a little the Wast that Time
has made in the House I beleive it might much forward its
Completion, however I have pitched on the first Convention
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