besides the Charges delivered you in my former Letter
there was a bag of Corn to feed my Horses which was sup-
posed to belong to M^r Ramsey as well as a Hogshead of
Apple or Peach brandy delivered out to the men and a Cask
of Shrub quantity about Six or Seven Gallons which I took
for the use of Myself & Officers as M^r Ramsey nor any other
person on his behalf was present must leave it to you to settle
with him in the best manner you can I must beg of you to
take care of the Letter I sent having mislaid the Accounts
therein mentioned. As you are settling with the Gen^l regard
must be had to the Victualing of the Militia from Fort Fred-
erick to Fort Cumberland and thence to their Habitations
The Charges of Waggonage &c should
be mentioned

[Ross to Sharpe.]

Annapolis Nov^r 3^d 1758.
Sir
From the Copy you have been pleased to favour me with of
General Forbes letter to you from Shippensburgh of the 3^d of
Sept^r relating to that unlucky affair at Philadelphia, I see
Clearly that an attempt is made to impose on the General not
only by exaggerating and misrepresenting things that have
some foundation in truth, but also in asserting what never
existed; for that reason I hope you will permit me to lay
before you a full state of the Transaction betwixt M^r Howell
and me, in which I shall endeavour to confine myself to such
facts as do not alone depend on that Gentlemans Veracity
nor mine, but on Original papers to which I shall refer, and
on what Secretary Peters, M^r Chew, the kings attorney, and
M^r Israel Pemberton know of the affair, if any thing is men-
tioned of what passed betwixt M^r Howel and me by our-
selves, it will have such a Connection with what came within
the knowledge of those Gentlemen, that it will not be difficult
to discover the truth, and as I should be extremely sorry that
General Forbes should Continue the same opinion of me, that
he must have when he wrote to your Excellency on the 3^d of
Sep^t to me on the 28 Aug^t and to M^r Howell on the 4 of
Sep^t I flatter myself that if on the perusal of the papers I shall