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82 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. II,
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Directions; in this I hope I have punctually fulfilled your
Honours Intentions as I shall always take the greatest pleasure
in doing whenever you may be pleased to signify them to
Your Honours &c.
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Letter Bk. I.
p. 59
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[Sharpe to Calvert.]
8th Augst 1754 transmitted by Capt Castleton.
Sir
In obedience to your Directions by Mr Jaques I herewith
inclose an Answer to the Letter that I received from the Earl
of Holderness but having learnt that His Ldp has since re-
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signed the Office of Secretary, I could not direct it, but if His
Ldp pleases to present it to his Successor in the Office I must
beg the favour of you to get it properly superscribed. I have
also by way of Answer writ to the Commrs of Trade submitting
it to his Ldp's pleasure to deliver the Letter or not. Your
Observation on the latter part of the Assembly's Address in
Answer to my Message with the Earl of Holdernesses Letter
& your Reasoning with respect to the Law of 12' p Hhd is
certainly well grounded, but as no good End could have been
answered by my engaging at that time in a Dispute which
would probably have attended my sending a different Sort of
answer to their Address I hope neither His Ldp nor you are
displeased at my declining it. The truth was, they were very
averse to closing with my Recommendation to them to raise a
Fund for Arms, & not knowing how to dissent openly from
my Proposal they agreed to excuse themselves by modelling
such an Answer as you saw but if they should ever seriously
insist on the Deduction from the 12d there mentioned which I
do not think they will: I will undertake to argue the matter
with them & you may be assured will never make the least
Concessions in Prejudice of his Ldps Rights or Pretensions.
It really gives me some Concern to find by your favour
bearing Date 17th April that the Merchts pretend they have
cause to complain against the Legislature of this Province for
enacting the Supplementary Act to the Act entituled an Act
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for the Relief of Creditors in England &c for I conceive that
this Act cannot controul restrain or in any respect affect the
Operation of the Statutes, which it is insinuated to be repug-
nant to. This Act of Assembly provides only that no Assign-
ment made by any Person or Persons trading to this province
shall be of any Force until the Person to whom the assignment
shall be made do give Security to pay all the Debts of the
Assignor to the people of this Province, so that no other assign-
ment can be affected by the Act than such as shall be made by
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