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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 291
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Humanity to give some assistance to me who was so much a
Stranger in Philadelphia that he saw me reduced to the neces-
sity of troubling him with whom he had not the least acquaint-
ance, that if it was inconvenient for him to take that trouble
I would wait on him when he thought proper to appoint me.
He told me that He would do it then if I had the papers about
me, and he examined them with great care, and told me he
could see no difficulty that could arise in the settlement, and
that he would talk with Mr Howel about it, which he was so
kind to do in the morning, and called at my Lodgings but I
was gone out, I met with him at the Coffe House, he asked
me if I had not received a Letter from the General, I told
him I had, that it was left at my Lodgings yesterday while I
was with him and that I got it in the evening, that I had called
on him this morning to shew it to him but he was abroad.
Your Excellr will see it marked N. 14. Mr Pemberton Lold me
he had been with Mr Howel, and that I would find no further
difficulty in my Business, but if I should, he desired me to call
on him and he would go along with me. I then waited on
Mr Howel who treated me with great Civility and Complais-
ance and seemed very inclinable to Settle the matter and I
endeavoured to avoid giving Mr Pemberton any more trouble
about it. I returned Mr Howel all the money and Bills for-
merly paid me as will appear by his Receipts on the Original
orders N. 2. 3. 4, and then he gave me Bills for £1500 as by
the Copy of the Receipt I gave him No 15, and also £1519.
10. 8 by the Generals Warrant assigned me as by the Copy
of my Receipt to him N 16, in the whole amounting to
£3019. 10. 8 Sterling, but out of that Sum there is £510
Curry which was the Ballance due of the £1500 Sterling (or
£2400 Curry at 60 pr Cent exchange) advanced by the General
for the pay of the Troops, that £510 at 60 exchange (tho I
had only 56 for some of the Bills I sold) is £31 8. 15. Sterling,
and the whole then Remaining advanced to me by the General
and Mr Kilby on all accounts is 2700. 15. 8 Sterling, and the
whole of what was advanced the General by Sr John St Clair
and Mr Kilby for the Maryland Service at that time was
£4200. 15. 8 Sterling to which ought to be aded, the money
paid me by Adam Hoops for the provisions for the Maryland
Troops from May 8th which ought also to be reimbursed to
the Crown by the assembly to the time our Troops did join
the Forces under General Forbes, which at present I do not
know. Mr Howel gave me a line on Sept to discharge the
action against me N 17 on which is the Sheriffs Receipt for
the Costs.
Next day Mr Howel with great exultation Read me a para-
graph from the Generals Letter to him of the 4th of Septem-
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