266 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

[Sharpe to Forbes.]

Fort Cumberland the 12^th of Sept^r 1758
D^r S^r
I have just time to acquaint You of my Arrival here & that
unless you are pleased to send me an order by the Bearer
Ensign Murdock for supplying the Men with Rum as men-
tioned in my former Letters it will not be in my Power to
keep them together, I must likewise desire the favour of
you to order M^r Adam Hoop to send us an immediate Supply
of Flour & Beef.

Camp at Reastown 16^th September 1758
Dear Sir
This evening Colonel Washington arrived, who surprises
the General extreamly by the account that he gives of the
great scarcity of provisions at Fort Cumberland after haveing
wrote to Colonel Bouquet so fully upon that subject, how-
ever the General (who is greatly fatigued from the bussiness
that his just coming to Reaatown has oblidg'd him to go
through) has order'd me to inform you, that he will send off a
Convoy of provisions to morrow, the particulars of which M^r
S^t Clair will inform you of, at the same time the bearer carryes
order for all the Virginians to be ready to march immediatly
upon the arrival^of Colonel Washington, who sets out for that
purpose to morrow morning, which will deminish the Con-
sumpsion of Provisions at Fort Cumberland very considerably,
and make it a very easy matter to support you for the future
as your numbers will be so much diminish'd.
Three days ago Commissary Clerk wrote to M^r Rutherford
at Winchester, to supply your people with spirits, and all the
other necessarys that you desir'd, which letter I hope will be
in good time to answer your expectations
I am Dear Sir
Your most obedient humble servant
Francis Halkett.

[Secretary Ridout [?] to Calvert.]

Annapolis the 16^th of Sept. 1758.
Sir
Agreeable to the Orders which I received from the Gov-
ernor a few Days ago I herewith transmit a Copy of the
lournal of the Proceedings of the Commissioners that were
appointed some years since to see a Line run from Fenwix's