Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 197

woud have Them brought to Frederick Town. I am with
great Sincerity
Dear Governor
S^r Jn^o S^t Clair Acco^t

[Sharpe to Forbes.]

Conegochiegh the 9^th of Iune 1758 —
Sir
The Letter you were pleased to write to me the 12^th of May
being delivered the 20^th of that Month as I was on my way to
Winchester I dispatched an Express to Annapolis & ordered
the Person who had the Care of our Arms to pack them all
up that they might be ready to be sent on the first notice to
any Place that you should think proper to order them, a few
Days afterwards most of them were brought to Frederick
Town agreeable to S^r Iohn S^t Clairs Desire & 500 new Mus-
ketts, upwards of 50 old but the best Carbines that I could
collect in the Province & 33 Pair of Pistols have been since
sent from that place to Winchester to arm the Virginia Forces.
I have likewise ordered 50 broad swords Scabbards & Belts
40 Pair of Holsters & as many Blanketts & Shoulder Belts
with Springs as can be got in Annapolis to be sent thence to
Winchester which order is I expect eer this time complied
with. S^r I S^t Clair has been here since I returned from Vir-
ginia & has advanced our Officers a Sum of Money to furnish
their respective Companies with Necessaries for the Cam-
paign, on Tuesday next I expect him here again to settle
with them to the 8^th of May & to pay them & the Person by
whom they have been victualled as he might find himself
impowered by the Instructions that you shall be pleased to
give him. In order to make the other four more compleat I
have with the Advice of S^r Iohn broke our fifth or youngest
Company. I have also given orders to those of our Troops
that are at Fort Frederick to hold themselves in readiness to
march to Fort Cumberland on the first Notice after the 15^th
Inst by which Day I expect two Companies of Militia will be
here ready to take their Post. I do myself the honour to
acknowledge the Receit of your obliging Letter of the 25^th of
May & for taking in good Part the small Services that it is
in my Power to perform, at the same time I take the Liberty
to assure you that nothing could have given me greater Satis-
faction than to have found myself able to render you more
acceptable Services —