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128 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Lctter Bk. III
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Calvert & a small Box that is directed for Brother William.
My Letter dated the 21st of Decr informed .you that our As-
sembly had broke up without having granted any Supplies for
the farther Support of our Troops or for any other purpose
whatever. You must know that the Earl of Loudoun by a
Letter which I laid before the Lower House about the middle
of Novr demanded & insisted that we should continue to sup-
port the 500 Men wch were paid by this province last Summer
& also that the said men should be left entirely to his Direc-
tion Disposition or Command; This Demand the Gentn of the
Lower House would not be persuaded to comply with in any
respect whatever, on the contrary they prepared a Bill for
reducing our Forces to 300 men immediately & restrained
the Service of those in such a manner as not only to prevent
their being ordered to Fort Cumberland but also to prevent
their marching beyond the north mountain on any Account
whatever, for your better Information I send you an Extract
of their curious Bill & likewise the Reasons that the Gentn of
the Lower House have given the Earl of Loudoun for declining
or refusing to comply with his Requisition, every one of which
you will I am satisfied at first view be able to answer & invali-
date. Having not as yet received any Letter from the Earl of
Loudoun since the Assembly was prorogued I cannot tell you
for certain what Steps will be taken for the Preservation of
Fort Cumberland & security of our Frontier Inhabitants, but
I have ordered four Companies of Militia to hold themselves
in readiness, & if the Earl of Loudoun approves thereof I shall
oblige them to march to Fort Frederick immediately on my
Receit of His Ldp's Commands &c.
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[Calvert to Sharpe.]
London Iany 12th 1758
Sir
It is a Concern to understand by yrsthe 9th of Novr the pro-
ceedings of the Assembly to a Supply Bill for His Majesty's
Service is tardy, of which you hint'd in yrs the 6th of Octr on
opening the Sessions the 28th of Aug( last. The Rudity of
their propositions for Protection of the Inhabitans, contain
such exceptionable Clauses as bear a certain Negative. How-
ever, His Lordp hopes & trusts they'l improve e'r the conclu-
sion of the Session, & that they will manifest their Duty to
His Majesty & to themselves; Opposition only ruffling as
may happen at the first meeting of a New Assembly.
Here is a Complaint offer'd agt Mr Bordley Attoy Genl &
Naval Officer at Annapolis. That in execution as Naval
Officer on Persons Bonded for ships loaded with Effects, the
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