[St. Clair to Sharpe.]

Philadelphia June 23^d 1757. One O'clock
Dear Sir
This length I had got with an intention of making you a
visit if my health permitted me to go as far as Annapolis.
We have this day got an account of the French being in
motion, which I owne has allarmed me a good deal, seeing the
new troops that Colonel Stanwix has under his orders.
on this Report I have sent you an express to know some-
thing of your motions, and least you shou'd be gone to fort
Frederick I have directed the Express to follow you and to
return to me by York and Lancaster. I shall set out in my
Chariot to morrow for Lancaster and on my arrival at that
place, I shall guide myself whether I shall proceed to York to
be nearer you, if this Affair becomes serious.
My Journey I am sensible can be of little service to me, but
the vexation I must have in not being in the way when any
thing is going on much do me more hurt than any bodily
fatigue. Direct my Express to return by York & Lancaster
for I shall not go out of the great Road. I am with the
greatest Regard
My dear Governour
Your most obedient and most
humble Servant
John S^t Clair.
ps. Send me a Route that will carry me to
you in my Chariot. If the Report is without
grounds I shall return without seeing you at
this time. My Lord is sailed