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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1757-1761
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322 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. III in some Measure perhaps influence their Conduct. As the
Officers of the four Maryland Companies found it would be
impracticable to keep their Men any longer together without
pay & were of Opinion that if they suffered them to desert or
disband themselves it would be impossible to collect them
again in Case the Assembly should in the Spring agree to
pay off all their Arrears & provide for their farther Support
the Officers thought it advisable to give Furloughs for two
Months or untill they shall by an Advertisement in the Gazette
be ordered to repair to a Place of Rendezvous when they are
persuaded their Men will join them & that if the Assembly
raises the necessary Supplies they shall in a very short time
be able to compleat their respective Companies. With regard
to what Your Excellency is pleased to recommend to me
relative to any Officers that are or may be sent to this Prov-
ince on the Recruiting Service I beg Leave to assure you
that I shall countenance & assist them as far as is in my Power
& that it would give me the greatest Pleasure to find myself
able on any other occasion to execute Your Excellency's
Commands —

[Sharpe to Amherst.]

10th Feby 1759.
Sir
General Forbes having in a Letter which I lately received
from him desired me to send Mr Ross (the Person that
Victualled the Maryland Troops from the time that our As-
sembly declined to provide for their Support till they marched
last Summer on the Expedition agst Fort Du Quesne) to Philaa
in order that the Affair might if Your Excellency shall be
pleased to give such Directions be finally settled; & Mr Ross
having prevailed on a Gentn that lives with me in the Charac-
ter of my Secretary to accompany him I take the Liberty to
introduce him to Your Excellency the rather because he is
acquainted with all that passed between the Earl of Loudoun
Genl Stanwix or Genl Forbes & me about the Maryland
Troops since His Ldp engaged to support them & will more-
over be able to furnish Your Excellency or Genl Forbes with
Copies of any Lettrs or Papers that may shew on what Footing
our Troops served during the last Winter & on the late Expe-
dition, & in particular what promises were given both by the
Earl of Loudoun & Genl Stanwix that Mr Ross should be
satisfied If your Excellency has any farther Commands or
Instructions for me or shall think fit to favour me with any
Letters to be laid before our Assembly when they meet I shall
be glad to receive them when Mr Ridout returns from Phila &



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