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to give General Abercromby a more particular Account of
every thing than it is possible for me to do by Letter & I
doubt not but he will be very glad of your Advice on the
occasion. I could wish that since there is little Prospect of
our Assembly's doing any thing at present His Excellency
would agree to advance four or five Thousand Pounds Ster-
ling on the Credit of the Province to be repaid when the As-
sembly shall in Consequence of more peremptory orders
from home be prevailed on to grant a Sum of Money for His
Majesty's Service (if that time shall ever come) that the
Arrears of Pay which are now due to our Troops might be
discharged & they be thereby encouraged to continue in the
Service to the End of the next Campaign but I leave it to
you to make such a Proposal to the General or not as you
shall think proper.
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[Sharpe to Baltimore.]
24th March
My Lord I doubt not but Your Ldp is surprized at my
delaying so Long to render an Account of the Duty of one
Shilling p Hhd that was collected by the several Naval
Officers between the 29th of Septr 1756 & the 29th of Septr |
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1757 but I flatter myself Your Ldp will excuse it when You
are informed that Colo Lloyd has not even at this time come to
a Settlement with me, however I embrace an opportunity that
offers to remit Your Lordship Bills to the Amount of the sum
that will on a Settlement appear due to you as Your Ldp will
perceive by the Account which is therewith inclosed. The
Reason that a Ballance is due to me of my first Years Sallary
is this, Between the 10th of Augst when I arrived in the Prov-
ince) & the 10th of Octr following when Mr Tasker resigned
the Agency to Colo Lloyd I had received of Mr Tasker
£177. 10. o. but Mr Tasker charged your Ldp with no more
than £ 166. 13: 4 as will appear by his Account, the surplus of
£10: 17: 8 Mr Tasker made me Debtor for & I afterwards
repaid it. However when Colo Lloyd setled with me to the
10th of Augst 1754 he gave me Credit for no more of my
Years Sallary than £822: 9. as appears from the following
Article in his Accot with me vizt By the Rt Honble Ld Balti-
mores Order to pay you £1000 p Ann of which you received
of Benja Tasker £177. 11.0 then Agent before the Agents
Books were assigned me, the Ballance therefore to be paid
you by me is £822: 9 When I discovered the mistake I
desired Colo Lloyd to rectify it in the next years Accot but
he declined it saying that the Error was Mr Tasker's & there-
fore not to be corrected by him thus the Affair has rested,
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