Archives of Maryland, Volume 0009, Page 0258 - Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1757-1761

Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1757-1761

	258 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
Letter Bk. I.	pensburg but in a Letter which I have received from him dated the 23^d Inst he tells me that he is now on the Recovery & that he hopes he shall be able to proceed to Raes Town in a few Days. I suppose the Rear of the Army will move on immediately after his Arrival there & I am not without hopes that in less than a Month from that time he will be within Sight of Fort Du Quesne. As the General has been obliged to leave 700 Men on the Frontiers of Pens^a to garrison the Stoccades that have been built in that Province & is very unwilling to weaken himself more by leaving a Garrison at Fort Cumberland if it could possibly be avoided I have at his Request promised to go up with 200 or 250 Voluntiers from the Militia of this County & to garrison that Post untill the Affair is decided, I shall contrive to be there just before the Rear of the Army moves from Raes Town so that the Vir- ginians which are at present at Fort Cumberland may join the Army either at Rays Town or very soon after the General leaves that Place. I cannot tell exactly how long I shall be detained at Fort Cumberland because it will depend on the Quickness of the Generals motions, but he has promised to send back a sufficient Number of Men to relieve the Volun- tiers that I am to carry up so soon as he has had a Decisive Action be the Event of it what it will. In the mean time I
p. 373	shall leave the Command of this Fort & of the Company of Militia that is here to one of the Field Officers of Frederick County. Besides the 320 Soldiers which are distinguished by the Appellation of the Maryland Troops I have had influ- ence enough to raise among our Frontier Inhabitants & to send the General a Company of 50 Voluntiers who are all excellent Marksmen & accustomed to the Woods, they chose for their Captain one of our Provincial Lieutenants who is extreemly well acquainted with the Woods & I am informed that this Company went on from the Laurel Hannon towards Fort Du Quesne last Tuesday in order to make Discoveries. It is said but I know not whether the Report is to be depended on that the French have only a very few Indians on the Ohio at this time. This however is certain that there are no more than 6 Indians with our Forces but it is said that a Party of about 40 Catawbaes are just come to Winchester with a Design to join them. You will have seen an Account of the Ticonderoga Affair long before this can reach you & as I know nothing more of it than what has been communicated to the Publick in the News Papers I shall only say that General Abercromby's Conduct is much censured in the first place for not taking time to discover the Enemys Situation better before he attacked them & again for bringing back his whole Army to this Side of Lake George immediately after

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