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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1757-1761
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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 103

suffer the Assembly to delay Business & protract the Session
as long as they please in hopes that His Ldp will be able to
undertake a Journey to Annapolis before matters are brought
to an Issue between us & that his Presence here will have a
good Effect. As soon as the Fate of the Bill now depending
shall be determined I will order three or four Companies of
Militia to hold themselves in readiness to march on the first
Notice & if the Lower House of Assembly shall after all means
have been tried to bring them to Reason absolutely refuse to
support any Troops at Fort Cumberland I will make Capt
Beall a Major of Militia & oblige as many Men to serve under
him as maybe necessary for the Defence of Fort Frederick &
the more immediate Protection of the Frontier Inhabitants,
this Step will make the Assembly sensible that I can even
without their Assistance or Consent oblige the Militia to do
the Duty or Service that they intend the 300 Men for & that
I am on my Part resolved to exert the Power with which I am
to their great Mortification invested. It is true I cannot
instantly punish every Person that shall refuse to march but
I can order him to be prosecuted before the Judges of our
Supreme Court & I am throughly satisfied that they will not
suffer such a one to escape with Impunity & tho I have no
Power to levy Money without the Consent of Assembly to pay
any of the Militia that shall march in Obedience to my Orders
yet I can impress as much Provisions or other Necessaries for
their Use as they shall stand ia need of. I apprehend that
you will not order any Troops to march to Fort Cumberland
before you shall receive another Letter from His Ldp or
farther Advice of our Assembly's Proceedings, I shall em-
brace every opportunity of writing to you untill the Affair is
finally determined & communicate to you every particular
that it might be expedient for you to be acquainted with. The
Complement of Men which was to be raised here for the
Royal American Regiment being made up Lieut' Campbel
has this Day left us in order to proceed with his Recruits to Phila
In justice to this Gentn & Lieutt McBeane whom he succeeded
I think it is incumbent on me to declare that they endeavoured
to behave during their Residence among us in such a manner
as to give general Satisfaction & that I beleive they have suc-
ceeded in such their Endeavours to the utmost of their wishes.
I am &c.

[Sharpe to Loudoun.]

15th of Novr 1757.
My Ld
As the Lower House of Assembly have not yet thought
proper to take any Notice of a Message that I sent them the

Letter Bk. III


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