Letter Bk. III Original,

now go upon I cannot tell nor do I beleive that they them-
selves yet know. In the mean time to relax their minds after
the Toil & fatigue that they have undergone while this Bill
was framing they have thought proper to ask what necessity
I can have for a Secretary & to insist that if I employ any
Gentⁿ under that or any other Title to write for me they will
compel him to appear at the Bar of their House & to answer
all such questions as they shall out of Curiosity or in their
great Discretion be pleased to put to him. On My advising
the Earl of Loudoun of their Resolution to have our Troops
withdrawn from Fort Cumberland he has given me hopes of
seeing him here in a very few Days; What good Effect His
Ldp's Presence among us will have I know not, but to pro-
vide ag^st all Accidents, I have given orders for four Companies
of our militia to march upon the first notice — If I should ever
be able to serve the Gentⁿ that you was pleased to introduce
to me by your last Letter you may be assured that I will
readily do so but at present it really is not in my power.
With the &c—

[St. Clair to Sharpe.]

Philadelphia Dec. 5^th 1757
Dear Sir
Finding an Express going to you, I have just time to tell
you that I have not forgot the good Advice you have often
given me, in coming to pay you a visit at Annapolis. I have
got over a most severe fever which had very near sent me to
the other World, and by the advice of the Doctors I came to
this place to take a passage to Lisbon lest I shoud get into a
Consumption.
I have many things to mention to you which I shall have
the pleasure of acquainting you on Sunday next if the
Weather is good. I shall leave this to morrow Tuesday and
make small journeys by Baltimore untill I reach you but after
a few Days rest w^t you I am afraid the Cold will drive me
southward.
I am with the greatest Regard
My Dear Governour
Your most obedient and
most humble Servant
John S^t Clair
p. S. I know nothing of L^d
Loudouns motions
Gov^r Sharpe.