170 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

I cou'd not send it directly to him because you did not tell me
where he lives, but I have wrote to him by an Express I sent
to Winchester yesterday.
I beg you will send Orders to your Troops to obey any
directions they may receive from me; and please to let me
have a Copy of the last returns you got, with the places they
are quartered at. This Letter will be dropt at Annapolis by
an Express that goes to Williamsbourg; I beg you will
answer it to this place, which will serve for Gen: Forbes and
send me a duplicate of it to Conogogee.
I expect Gen: Forbes here in 4 or 5 days, and when he has
been here a few days, I shall set off for the upper part of the
Country. The Assembly of this Province have voted men
(2700) but have done nothing more, it is said they will pass
their money Bill this day, but I do not beleive it. I make no
doubt but your province will wait for the Result of this
Assembly before they do any thing; If you are to raise any
men at all, I am directed to desire you will form some Com-
panys of Rangers, 4 or 5. will be of great Service.
I dread M^r Denny'sproceedure as to Indian affairs, will give
great Offence to Gen. Abercrombie, it is no business of mine
to blow the coal between them; You'll scarse beleive me
when I tell You, that on the arrival of the Cherokees, at Win-
chester, to the number of 400 M^r Denny wrote to the Com-
manding Officer at that Place, to make a proposal of Peace
between them and the Ohio Indians, but Captain Bullet wisely
rejected this Order.
I am
Dear Sir,
Your most Obedient &
most Hum: Serv^t
Iohn S^t Clair

[Sharpe to Calvert.]

10^th April transmitted by Capt. in the Cunliff
Sir
Since I wrote to you the 10^th of March I have received His
Ldp's Instructions & your Letter of the 23^d of Oct^r also Your
several Letters dated the 18^th & 22^d of Nov^r 1757 & the 12^th
of Ian^y 1758. Soon after I transmitted that Petition of the
Virg^a Iron Masters a Letter which M^r Bordley sent them
brought them to Annapolis & after a good Deal of Conver-
sation we came to an Agreement which both the Naval Officer
& myself thought very reasonable viz^t the Gentⁿ are to employ
but a certain Number of Vessels which have been measured
& we allow they will make a certain number of Trips in