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228 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. I.
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[Sharpe to Calvert.]
Fort Frederick the 10th of Iuly 1758. transmitted by
Sr
In the Letter that I wrote from the Mouth of Conegochiegh
the 11th of Iune I told you that the General seem'd inclined to
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take the Maryland Troops into the Kings Pay upon the
Footing of Rangers during the Expedition & that those of
them which were in Garrison at this place had at that time
received Orders to march towards Fort Cumberland on the
16th of that Month. As I doubt not but you will be anxious
to know what Steps have been since taken for the Protection
& Defence of our Frontier Inhabitants I shall give you a
minute Detail of all that has passed & I hope the measures
which have been pursued by me will meet with His Ldp's
Approbation. As soon then as the abovementioned orders
were communicated to the Commanding officer at this Place
& to myself which they were the 8th of Iune I wrote to two
Captains of the Militia of this County & ordered them to
march hither with their respective Companies & to be here if
possible on the 15th of that Month, which orders notwith-
standing the Resolves which had been made by the Lower
House of Assembly to discourage them & notwithstanding
the Distance they had to march was more than fifty miles they
punctually obeyed & I have the Satisfaction to inform you
that their Behaviour ever since that time has much exceeded
my Expectations. The two Companies consist of about 160
Men. Part of them do Duty here as a Garrison & the Rest
are posted at a Place called Bakers Fort which is about twelve
miles North Eastward from this place. Some Enemy Indians
have been discovered lately within a few Miles of us, but as
Parties are sent out every Day both from Bakers & this Fort
to patrole along the Frontier, the Enemy has not presumed
to venture down among the Inhabitants. They did indeed
fire at an Express that I sent off about a fortnight ago to
Carlyle & killed his Horse, but as it happened within a mile
of this place & the Man was not wounded he luckily effected
his Escape & the Indians immediately made off. They have
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likewise since I came hither killed a Voluntier & two of our
Soldiers that were repairing a Road near Fort Cumberland,
but the Loss of a hundred Soldiers at such a Distance would
not alarm the Inhabitants so much as the Appearance of a
single Enemy within the Settlements. On the 13th of Iune
Sr Iohn St Clair & Colo Bouquet came to the Mouth of Cone-
gochiegh, the first from Winchester the latter from Fort Lyt-
tleton which is built near the Juniata River in the Province of
Pensilvania, & Sr Iohn brought with him & by the General's
Order advanced to our Troops three month's Pay to enable
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