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wounded were made prisoners of War & as the officer set out
the King made his Entry into Breslaur; These are the Glor-
ious success's of the Prussian King, who from real Peril &
Bravery with peculiar Abbities is stil'd Magnanimous ! S^r John
Mordaunt after enquiry of his Conduct & Court Martial by
report is Hon^bly Acquitted —
Having not time at present to write to M^r Lloyd please to
inform him that the following totals are of all the Bills rec^d
from him 1757 remittance short Indeed £ 2457: 15^: 11
£1885: 8: 101/2 £675: 9: 4 £645: 8: 9 £221: 16: 71/2
£202: 4: 8 I have write in 1757 Viz^t To you the Gov^r April
7^th Aug^[ 12^th Oct^r 23^d with L^dps Instructions Oct. 23^d L^ps Nov^r
18 & D^o 22^d To M^r Lloyd. May 10^th Oct^r 23 & Nov. 22^d To M^r
Bordley May 1^th & Oct^r 23^d To Tasker Iun^r May 10^th & Oct^r
23^d To Tasker Sen^r Nov. 18^th To all I've rec^d no answer
acknowledging the receipt of them, please to inform the
Mess^rs Tasker I've rec^d their Orders for their paym^t up to
Christ^s last for w^ch I return them much Thanks.
N. B. The Contents of his Lord^ps Inst^ns Oct^r 23^d 1757 were
confirm^g all the Laws 1756 & in April 1757 pass'd by you &
recom^dg to you to adjust with M^r Bordley & M^r Lloyd the
demand of Tunage on Iron Oar Vessells & to settle the same
on his Lord^ps Acc^t & to reject the virginian Petition concerning
be not defficient in the Corespondence to M^r Pitt I shall
write by the March Convoy.

[Capt. Peregrine Brown to Sharpe.]

Honoured Sir :
In Obedience to your late Instructions given me after
ordering the Company of Militia under my Command to be
warned in by the Officers of the Company, when on their
Meeting I proposed to march as directed to Fort Frederick
and directed them to do so, and not more than ten of the
Company would obey such my Instructions, tho' I cannot at
the Same time but think it my Duty to inform your Excel-
lency in Justice to the people that I really believe the Cause
to proceed from Persons who, I shall forbear to say any other
ways than by the inclosed Copy of a Letter which came to
Hand and is yet the fullest Evidence I can yet come at in this
Matter, tho' am of Opinion that on a full Enquiry a more cer-
tain Knowledge of the Facts may be had. As the Numbers
of the Men willing to march are so few, am at a Loss to know
till your Excellency is pleased to signify your farther Pleasure
what to do.
I am of Opinion that if one of the Field Officers had
attended the Company, and given Orders for the March of
those Men that more of them would have gone.