Letter Bk. III

be necessary for the Troops that may be kept in Garrison
there during the winter however as I expect that the Rains
have before this time raised the Waters of Potowmack I hope
he will be able to get enough conveyed up before our Troops
are disbanded. As the Gentlemen of the Lower House have
desired me in two Addresses to send a Copy of the Bill which
they have framed to the Earl of Loudoun in Confidence as
they say that he will not when he sees it disapprove of their
Conduct, I beleive I shall not be able to dispatch an Express
to His Ldp before Tuesday Morning. I am inclined to think
from what you say in Your Letter of the 14^th of last Month
that you will scarcely send any orders to Fort Cumberland till
you shall hear again from His Ldp but whatever you may do
with the Troops at that place I am of opinion that the sooner
you lay me under a necessity of ordering the Militia to Fort
Frederick the better —

[Sharpe to Baltimore.]

19th of Dec^r 1757 & transmitted by the packett from N.
York.
My Ld
In Compliance with a Request made by the Gentlemen of
the Upper & Lower Houses of Assembly the 15^th of this Inst.
I inclose Y^r Ldp an address wherein they intreat Your Ldp to
present another which they have prepared for His Majesty &
also a Representation to the Board of Trade both which I
likewise transmit together with a Copy of the Address that
they were pleased to present to myself on the occasion as
they have themselves enlarged on their motives for taking
this Step I shall only add that their Representation is just &
that I hear similar ones are already or will be very shortly
sent home from all the neighboring Colonies. &c.

[Sharpe to Baltimore.]

21^st Dec^r 1757 transmitted by Capt Brice.
My Ld
In my Letter dated the 6^th of Oct^r last I intimated to your
Ldp that I was much afraid the Assembly would be very
unwilling to provide for the farther Support of so great a
Number of Men as were kept in the pay of this Province
during the last Summer & in my Letter to M^r Calvert dated
the 9^th of Nov^r I gave him the Heads of a Bill which was then