Captain Hay haveing brought no spair ones with the Train
and we may come to have occasion for them I am
Sir
Your most obedient humble Servt
Francis Halkett
PS Upon shewing this letter to the General, he has alter'd
that part of it, for the Recoverd men of the Virginians to
escort the Waggons, provided the officer & 30 men be Re-
turnd with the Horses, and desires that you will favour him
with a few lines to inform him of the number you can engage,
and he will order a party from this Camp to march to Fort
Cumberlan to Escort them hither, he hopes you will pardon
his not being able to do himselfe the pleasure of writeing to
you, but he will take the first opportunity that offers.
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[Ross to Sharpe.]
Frederick Town Octr 5, 1758
Sir,
The last time I had the honour of writing to you was from
Philadelphia Sept. 6th after I was discharged from the Sherriff.
Sine, I learn that Mr Howell has taken no small pains to mis-
represent the affair in his letters to General Forbes. indeed
I could scarce expect any other from a Man, who, tho he car-
ried me to Secretary Peters, was so far from following that
Gentlemans advice, or allowing me time to write to the Gen-
eral, that he carried me home with him under pretence of
drinking a dish of tea, and had the under Sherriff ready and
did arrest me and send me to prison from his own House.
But as even after that, I was so candid as to send for him
to the Sherriffs, and shewed him not only every thing I wrote
to you but to others about the affair, and begged that he
would also write to the General, and as he pretended he would
not write about it. I flatter myself the General when he is
more at leisur than he can be at present, will favour me with
copys of Mr Howells letters. As I am certain I can fairly
Acquit myself to the General, to You, and all Concerned, from
the imputation of having taken one Unjust or mean step in the
whole transaction, and I hope you will be so kind as to interest
yourself on my behalf with the General, when a proper oppor-
tunity presents itself, that I may clear up my character.
As I was obliged to leave some of the Bills in Philadelphia
for sale, I have given my Brother all the cash I brought,
except what I was obliged to pay here to very necessitous
people. And as there will be a very considerable risque in
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