to perform it, I shall order three Officers & 20 men of the
Maryland Forces (which are at present on the Bridge) & two
Serjeants with thirty men of Capt Jocelyne's Detachment to
convoy them up. I shall order Capt Dagworthy to begin to
clear the new Road from Fort Cumberland to the Old Town
Creek but he is too weak to spare many Men for that Service
especially as he must immediately on the Arrival of the
Canoes at the Old Town or the Flatts send down a strong
Party to receive them & to convoy them to Fort Cumberland
which (as I understand that he will not be able at any Rate to
make up more than three or four Teams there) will be no
easy Task. From what I have heard I do not expect the N
Carolina Troops here these 10 or 12 Days. When Major
Wells arrives I shall order him to clear the Road between the
Old Town Creek & Sidling Hill. Mr Ross will be able upon
the Credit of Mr Kilby's Letter to get money of his Friends to
purchase Provisions for any Troops that may be ordered this
way. he was under a necessity of going down the Country
for a few Days, but that will not make any Difference —
[Sharpe to Dagworthy.]
Fort Frederick the 28th of Iune 1758.
Sir
With Monroe the Bearer of this comes one Adam McCarty
who has my orders to apply to you for an Escort or covering
Party & then to blaze a Road with the utmost Dispatch from
Fort Cumberland to the Town Hill Creek, as soon as he shall
make Report to you of his having so done. You are to have
a good Road opened with the greatest Expedition & by way
of Encouragement to the Party that you may order on this
service to exert themselves. You are permitted to allow
them a small quantity of Rum or other Spirit every Day, for
which Sr Iohn StClair will order Payment to be made in about
8 Days you may expect 13 or 14 Canoes at the Flatts or
(if the Water should be too low there) at the Old Town with
the Kings Stores: As the Party that will be sent up with them
as an Escort will be ordered to return hither immediately I
must desire you to send down a strong Party to receive &
guard them as soon as you shall be advised of their being
arrived & I must leave it to you to get them to Fort Cumber-
land in the best manner & with the greatest Dispatch that you
possibly can. I am told that in all Probability some Waggons
which are ordered from Winchester to Fort Cumberland with
Provisions &c will be there before the Canoes can get up,
should this be the Case you will detain them a Day or two to
fetch up the Stores with which the Canoes will be loaded but
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