that quarter will perhaps appear very old to Your Ldp how-
ever I think it my Duty to transmit Your Ldp all the News of
Importance that comes to my knowledge & therefore have
inclosed the most material Articles from the last N York
Gazette the purport whereof I should rather have transcribed
into this Lettr was I not apprehensive that my Packett which
must go by the Post would be thereby rendered more bulky
than I would choose to make it. I am &.
[Sharpe to Calvert]
13th of Iuly 1759.
Sr
As I expect that a Packett will be dispatched from N York
for great Britain as soon as the Fate of Ticonderoga & Crown
Point is determined & as no Ship will probably sail from this
Province for Europe before the End of Septr I thought fit to
commit this to the Care of the Northern Post which will pass
thro this Place to morrow morning that His Ldp & you may
be advised as soon as possible of my having received his
Instructions & Letter dated the 17th & 30th of March as well
as the two Letters you were pleased to favour me with at the
same time & which came to hand last Night. You will readily
believe that I am extreemly glad to have at length in my Pos-
session a Copy of the King's Attorney Genls opinion upon the
Dispute that has for some time subsisted between our two
Houses of Assembly concerning the Reasonableness of their
Assessment Bill, Be pleased to assure His Ldp that I shall
communicate the same to the Gentn of the Upper House the
first Opportunity & that whenever the Secretary of State or
His Majesty's General presses me to meet the Assembly
again I shall on that Occasion endeavour to make the best
Use of the opinion, which perhaps might have some Weight
& incline them to pursue different Measures, but if they
should be still averse to framing any other Supply Bill or at
least such a one as shall appear reasonable & just His Ldp
may depend that I will never swerve from my Duty to him nor
be induced by any Consideration whatever to give my Assent
to any Bill which I shall not at the time of my doing so be
confident that His Ldp will be well pleased with. As Your
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