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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1757-1761
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20 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. III sentations that had been made till the ad Inst when there was
produced to me an Authenticated Copy of a Letter which had
been sent by order of the Govr & Council of Virga to the
Officers of the Customs in that Dominion & in Consequence
of which upwards of 30 Vessels were said to have been cleared
before the End of last month. I inclose you a Copy of the
abovementioned Letter & am
Original. [Loudoun to Sharpe.]

New York 5th June 1757
Sir
As the Fleet is now ready to Sail, I take this opportunity to
acquaint you, that in conjunction with Sir Charles Hardy, we
have Agreed, that the Embargo should not be any longer
continued, on account of the Service we are now going on,
than Seven days after we are sail'd from this Port; but we
think it absolutely necessary that it should be continued so
long, in order to prevent the Enemy from having Intelligence
of our motion, from any Ships they might take: And it will
not be taken off here any sooner.
I shall leave my Letters with Lieutenant Governor DeLan-
cey, to be forwarded to you as soon as we Sail.
I am, with great Respect
Sir
Your most obedient
Humble Servant
Loudoun
The Honble Horatio Sharpe.

Liber J. R.
& U. S.

1753-67.
p. 193

[Dagworthy to Sharpe.]

Fort Cumberland Iune 10th 1757.
Sir
Yesterday a Party of our Indians who had been out with
Lieutenant Baker returned to this Fort and brought with
them five Scalps and a Prisoner which they got within a Days
March of Fort du Quesne on the East side the Monongahela,
the Enemy's Party consisted of three Officers and seven pri-
vate men (they had separated from forty Indians the Day
before) two of the Officers and three Men was killed in the
Engagement, the other Officer is here a Prisoner, we lost the
Indian Chief whose Name is the Swallow he was killed in
the Engagement and his son is wounded and now here under
Doctor Mern's Care who thinks he will recover, all I can
collect from the Prisoner is, that there is about three hundred
Men at Fort Du Quesne Regulars and Militia and expect



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