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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1757-1761
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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 149

ince ought to support & that they would not provide for the
Support of more than that Number. Before any Bill could be 		Letter Bk. I.
framedin Consequence of this Resolution I received & communi-
cated to them another Lettr from theEarl of Loudoun wherein he
desired Us to raise & provide for the Payment of an Additional
Number of 400 Men over & above the five Companies which
we had already on Foot & that were then posted at Fort Cum-
berland & Fort Frederick. As His Ldp was pleased to inti-
mate to us in the same Letter that these 400 Men were to act
in Conjunction with some other Forces that were to be em-
ployed in an Expedition to the Westward the Lower House
could not for Shame refuse to comply in some measure with
the Requisition but as they were only sollicitous to save Ap-
pearances they took Care to prepare such a Bill for raising
the Money as they knew the Upper House could not agree to.
The general Plan of it was the same with that of the Bill
which had been rejected by the Upper House in the preceeding
Session. They did not indeed insist upon the Service of the
Men being restrained in quite so absurd & ridiculous a manner
as was proposed in the former Bill but they had taken Care to
prevent the three Companies which were to have been formed
out of the Men that have served some time on our Frontiers
from being carried out of the Province, but if the 400 Addi-
tionals could be raised within the time limitted (which in fact
was impossible on the Terms they proposed) those might act
in Conjunction with His Majestys Forces. Thus the best
& most experienced Men were to have been left in our Forts
& the most raw & undiciplined sent on an Expedition of the
utmost Importance. After this Bill had been read twice in
the Upper Hous'e it was returned with a negative & the
Lower House having thereupon Resolved that they would 		p. 333
enter on no new Business I was advised by the Gentlemen of
the Council to prorogue them to the 23d Inst. I was in hopes
when I did so that I should not be obliged to meet them
again before Winter & upon that Supposition I had with the
Advice of His Ldp's Council ordered two more Companies of
Militia to march to Fort Frederick intending to send some
others to relieve them at the End of two Months; but I had
scarcely sent away these Orders when I received Letters from
Mr Pitt dated the 30th of Decemr advising me of the Earl of
Loudouns being recalled & requiring me to convene the As-
sembly of this Province without Delay & to use my utmost
Endeavours & Influence to persuade them to raise a large
Body of Troops for the Service of the ensuing Campaign to
act in Conjunction with the Forces that Brigadier Forbes is
appointed to command in this Part of America. What
Weight these Letters will have with the Assemblies of the 		p. 334


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