Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 339

plementary Act to the Act entituled an Act for Emitting &
making Current £90,000 Current Money of Maryland in Bills
of Credit whereby the present Lord Proprietary is humbly
desired to take upon himself the Care of Superintending the
Trustees & is vested with all the Power relative to them with
which His Ldp's Father had been vested; And as His Ldp
was pleased to assent to the said Act of 1753 it is hoped &
expected that he will appoint a Trustee in the Stead of the
late M^r John Hanbury & if he pleases, another in the Room

of the late M^r Sam^l Hide. By what I can learn from the Gen-
tlemen of the Council & Others they would be very glad if
His Ldp would make Choice of M^r Osgood Hanbury &
M^r W^m Anderson Merch^ts in London & appoint them joint
Trustees with M^r Hunt for the Purposes mentioned in the
said Act of 1734. As the Sum which the Province has
at this time in the Bank is very considerable & some Con-
fusion might be occasioned was an Accident to happen to M^r
Hunt before some other Trustees are appointed I must beg
the favour of You to request His Ldp to nominate M^r Han-
bury & M^r Anderson forthwith, & if His Ldp does appoint
them be pleased to notify the same to me that I may advise
the two Houses of Assembly thereof at their next meeting.
I find it is the opinion of the Gentlemen with whom I have
talked on the Subject that the Trustees should purchase Stock
as soon as any considerable Sum of Money comes to their
hands either by Dividends from the Bank or by Remittances
from the Naval Officers, which method does not I think seem
to have been lately persued, for as I apprehend you M^r Hunt
had in his hands at the time he shewed you his Books no less
a Sum than £6,545.. 16 notwithstanding Bank Stock was as
we have been told to be bought very cheap or low at that
time. As You will find the above mentioned Act of 1753
among the first that I transmitted I thought it unnecessary to
send you a written Copy of it; & M^r Tasker tells me that he
does not doubt but you have a Copy of the Act of 1733 in Your
Office for that he transmitted at different times at least six or
eight of them

[Denny to Sharpe.]

Philadelphia 27^th April 1759
Sir,
I acknowledge the Receipt of your Letter of the 18^th Instant
with the Report of your Council and sundry Depositions
inclosed which I shall consider with my Council and Return
you my Answer as soon as possible.
It gives me Concern to See in the Gazette of this Week