Letter Bk. III

Fort Frederick the 29^th Iuly 1758.
Sir
Since I was favoured with Your Letter dated the 19^th of
Iune the Receit of which I am now to acknowledge, I have
taken an Opportunity to see General Forbes at Carlyle & to
acquaint him in a more full & particular manner than I could
well do by writing with the present State & Circumstances of
the Officers & Men that compose the Maryland Forces, with
the late Conduct of our Assembly relative to those Troops,
with the Encouragement which the Officers have at times
receiv'd from General Stanwix & Myself in Consequence of
the Earl of Loudoun's Letters, with the Encouragement &
Instructions that Doctor Ross hath also received from us, &
in pursuance whereof he has continued to Victual our Troops
as well as the Friendly Indians that have since the Beginning
of April 1757 been at Fort Cumberland or any other Place on
the Frontiers of this Province. I likewise took the Liberty to
communicate to His Excellency the Contents of your Letter
with which he seemed to be well satisfied, but with respect to
the Sum which you proposed to allow for the Hospital,
Indians & Transportation of Provisions to Fort Cumberland
His Excellency has been pleased to enlarge it. The General
has already advanced our Troops by the hand of S^r Iohn S^t
Clair the sum of £1890 Currency in part of the Pay that is due
to them, this he is willing to make up £2,400 & he has
accordingly desired me to draw on M^r Ioshua Howell for the
Remainder being £510 Currency, which Sum I understood
from the General & conclude from your Letter that M^r Howell
has received your Instructions to pay. Besides this & over &
above the £2976. 15 Currency (or the Value thereof in Bills
of Exchange) which you impowered me to draw for by your
Letter of the ig"^l of lune, the General has desired me as I
have already hinted to draw on M^r Howell for the Sum of
£800 stg towards defraying the Expence of transporting Pro-
visions to Fort Cumberland & other Contingencies; which
several Drafts for £510 Currency; £^2976. 15 Currency (or
the Value thereof in Bills), &£85O Stg will I expect be in a
few Days presented by D^r Ross, who is going to Phil^a for that
purpose & to receive M^r Howell's Directions with respect to
the Form that must be observed by. him in making out his Ac-
counts in case our Assembly should continue averse to paying
him but indeed I am not without hopes that they will when
they meet again & when I communicate to them a Letter
which the General has lately wrote to me & wherein he
makes a Demand on our Assembly for the Sums which he &
you have been prevailed with to advance on the Credit of the