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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1757-1761
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222 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
Letter Bk. III should be gone from Colo Prathers before my Letter can be
carried thither, but I beg the favour of you to present my best
Respects to His Excellency & I shall do myself the honour to
acknowledge the Receit of his obliging Letter of the 20th of
Iune by the first opportunity, I shall likewise write to Mr
Kilby as soon as Mr Ross returns who is expected here every
hour. It is now more than a week since I sent one James
Long from this Place to collect all the waggons that he could
& to carry them to Carlyle, he has the Character of being a
very clever Fellow about Waggons & I hope his Dilligence
on this occasion will recommend him to your notice. I am &c.
P. S. If the General will have the Road mentioned in Capt
Shelby's Report made within these three weeks You must
reinforce Major Wells with 150 Men & there ought to be 150
employed on this Side Sidling Hill. 1 wish I was not obliged
to send any of the Maryland Soldiers to convoy the Canoes
for they have been used to work 7 Days in a week nor are
their Officers afraid of their being injured by it. The Felling
Axes that you sent hither are easily broken nor are they half
heavy enough. The miners Tools came yesterday from Fort
Loudoun but our miner is at Fort Cumberland. I suppose
you have desired Colo. Washington to send some of his men
to open the Road from Fort Cumberland to the Town Creek.
Pray shall I have an opportunity of seeing the General or you
before you go to Fort Cumberland without coming to Carlyle.

[Sharpe to St. Clair.]

Fort Frederick the 8th of Iuly 1758 P. M.
Sir
Inclosed you have an Invoice of the Stores that I sent last
Sunday to Fort Cumberland. The Canoes are just returned
but the men say it will be impossible for them to make another
Trip unless it should rain as the waters of Potowmack are
fallen more than two Inches since they left this Place & they
were obliged as they went up this time to drag their Canoes
at many Places. They left the Convoy yesterday noon at the
Old Town where the Stores were landed. As soon as Capt
Ware returns which he will I suppose within these two Days
I shall order him also on the Road with that Party tho it will
seem a little hard for our People to be obliged to lye exposed
in the open Air while all the others have Tents. Could not
you send me some mattocks ? I am —



 
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