I am Sir
Your most obed^t
humble Servant
John S^t Clair
To Governor Sharp.

[Forbes to Sharpe.]

Head Quarters at Carlisle July the 8^th 1758.
Sir
I have received from General Abercromby an Extract of a
Letter to the Governour General of Canada, in relation to the
Capitulation of Fort William Henry; which Extract I send
your Honour inclosed with General Abercrombys order in
consequence of it.
I am with great Regard
Your Honours
Most obedient Humble Serv^t
Jo: fforbes
PS. Please forward the
Inclosed by Express.
To the Ilonble Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Gov^r of Maryland.

[Secretary John Ridout to St. Clair.]

8 Iuly 1758 Fort Frederick
S^r
Your Letter of the 6^th Inst being in Governor Sharpe's
Absence delivered to me I took the Liberty to open it & do
myself the honour to inform you that as soon as His Excel-
lency received your Letter of the 23^d of Iune which did not
reach him before the 26^th he sent an Officer with a Party of
Militia to the mouth of Conegochiegh to collect all the Canoes
that could be got down the River that they may be ready to
be loaded with the Stores which Capt Jocelyne was convoying
hither from Carlyle. the Stores arrived the next Day but the
Canoes could not be collected brought hither & loaded till the
I^st Inst. they were however sent off very early on the 2^d a
Captain Lieu^t & Ensign with 26 men of the Maryland Troops
& Lieut^t Ray with 24 men of Capt Jocelyne's Detachment
being ordered to convoy them as far up Potowmack as the
Canoe men can carry them. In the Governor's Letter of the
28^th of Iune he told you that all the Maryland Troops w^ch were
on this Side Fort Cumberland were at that time employed in
building a Bridge, over Licking Creek, they finished it the