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192 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. III
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that I might meet You, if you cross Maryland above this
Place I shall upon the Receit of your Answer proceed to Fort
Frederick for I learn from an Officer who came thence Yester-
day morning that no Person in or about the Fort has been
taken ill of the small Pox these 9 Days, that those few who
were taken ill before that time are confined to a House which
is built at a considerable Distance from the Fort & that all but
one of them are already recovered.
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[St. Clair to Sharpe.]
Winchester May 30th 1758
Dr Sir
I inclose you a Letter I received last night from Genl fforbes,
I had one from him likewise but it contain'd nothing more
than orders for me, to do, what is already executed.
I must beg the favour of you to send me up from Frederick
Town 400 of your musketts and the Carbines &c. you
may have received from Annapolis, so soon as I get these
arms Colo Byrd shall march to Colo Bouquet to strengthen
him wt 4 Compys of his Regt
A party is this moment come in from fort du Quesnee with
one Scalp, they were very near the fort and say there are no
great numbers of men at it. I am
Dear Governour
Your most obedient and most
humble Servant
John St Clair
To Govr Sharpe
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[St. Clair to Sharpe.]
Winchester May 31st 1758
Dear Govr
Your Letter of the 29th of this month I received this after-
noon. When I wrote to you I did not imagine you cou'd
either provide me with Provisions or Waggons, but before I
take either the one or the other it is my duty to ask you.
I am glad the Carabines &c are at Conegogee. The one
half of the troops go to Shippensbourg and the other half
to Fort Cumberland, so that 6 Compys march to morrow to
the northward and so soon as I get your Arms for 400 more
they shall take the same Route. And I shall prepare the other
half as fast as possible to move to the Westward, but I do not
think I shall be able to put that division in motion till the 9th
of the month, after that I shall be at your disposal
I hope to get an explicite answer about yr troops at fort
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