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178 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. I.
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with the Disputes of the Pensilvanians & Nothing less will
content them than to be invested with all the Powers of
Governl both Legislative & Executive. Your Ldp will readily
perceive what pains they have taken to impose on their Con-
stituents, this laid me under a Necessity of being extremely
prolix in my answer tho not more so than the Gentlemen of
the Council thought proper. I hope your Ldp will be of
opinion that I have sufficiently justified the Measures which I
undertook to defend. The Troops that were raised here last
year continue still to garrison Fort Cumberland & Fort Fred-
erick altho it is now 7 Months since they received any Pay ;
what will be now done with them I do not know but have
reason to believe that when Brigadier Forbes & I meet on the
Frontiers towards the End of this Month he will be prevailed
on to take them into His Majestys Pay as Rangers during the
Campaign. The Troops destined for this Expedition agst
Fort Du Quesne are Colo Montgomerie's Battalion of High-
landers which is hourly expected from So Carolina, four Com-
panies of the first Battalion of the Royal American Regiment,
two Regiments of Virginians each to consist of 1000 Men,
3000 Pensa Provincials, & about 5 or 6 hundred Indians of
the Cherokee Creek & Catawba Nations. All of them except
the Virginians are to rendezvous at Fort Frederick but when
they will be able to march thence I know not as it is said that
the Vessel which was sent from Europe with Artillery &
Stores for this Service is not yet arrived. Untill the Troops
move I apprehend our Frontier Inhabitants will be quite
secure & afterwards I shall use my best Endeavours to pro-
tect them effectually with Militia, for which Purpose I intend
to remain at Fort Frederick myself during the Summer. We
are told that the Transports are sailed from Philaa N York &
Boston with several Regiments for Hallifax & it is reported
that Admiral Boscawen is also arrived there in that Case We
may soon expect to receive an Account of Louisburg's being
besieged, & we shall likewise expect to hear very soon of
General Abercromby's being on his March towards Crown
Point. The inclosed List will shew Your Ldp the Destination
of the several Regiments that are already in America but how
compleat they are I cannot say. As I am sensible that Your
Ldp will be anxious to receive the most early Intelligence of
General Forbes's Motions & Success I shall not fail to write
from Fort Fredk as often as I may have any thing worth Com-
municating.
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