Letter Bk. IV
p. 14
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[Sharpe to Baltimore.]
Annapolis the 8th of Decemr 1758.
My Ld
Together with a Copy of the Account that I transmitted
to Your Ldp the 24th of last March I shall now send Your
Ldp another of the Amount of the Duty of one Shilling a Hhd
which the Naval Officers collected between the 29th of Septr
1757 & the 29th of last Septr & which they have now accounted
for to Your Ldp's Agent. Your Ldp will likewise receive
inclosed in this Letter sundry Bills of Exchange for £401. 9. 6.
the said Sum being very near the Ballance due to Your Ldp
as will appear by this Year's Account. When I sent the
former to your Ldp the 24th of March last I supposed that
the Nett Sum which the Agent had received from the Naval
Officer of Potuxent was £243. 19. 3 & that he had received
from the Naval Officer of Potowmack £329. 6. 7 but when
Colo Lloyd came afterwards to Annapolis & Settled with me
he gave me to understand that the former had paid him on
Account of the One Shilling a Hhd no more than £224. 5.5 3/4
& the Latter no more than £324. 18. which Difference I found
was occasioned by your Ldps having given Leave for some
of the Hhds of Tobo that were exported from those Districts
that Year to be shipt Duty free in lieu of a like Quantity that
had been lost at Sea in a preceeding Year, this being the Case
& Colo Lloyd having therefore upon a Settlement paid me
£23.2.4 1/4 less than I expected he would & than I gave Your
Ldp Credit for I have now taken the Liberty to rectify that
Error & altho Colo Lloyd has not yet settled with me for the
Year that expired the 29th of last Septr yet I hope there will
be no Error this time as I have Copies of all the Naval Officers
Accounts now before me, We have not received any Authen-
tick Advices from the Westward since the 20th of last Month
at which time General Forbes was on his march from the Post
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