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350 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. IV
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Water there can I think be no great Difficulty in supplying a
much larger number of men than are at present under his
Command. In a Letter dated at Pittsburg the 19th Ult it is
said that 164 Warriours of the six nations, Delawares Shaw-
anaes & Ottaways came thither & met in Council that they
all seem'd to be friendly disposed towards us & said they
were sent by the Heads of their several Nations to know how
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they would be received & to carry back any messages that
might be sent by them, that the Beaver a principal man of
the Delawares was then on his way to Pittsburg with some of
the Heads of the Owendots, Twigtwees Ottawas & some others
from or near Fort Detroit, that the Indians which were at
Pittsburg when the Officer wrote this Lettr had sent Messages
to the Indians at Venango to withdraw from the French which
it was hoped would have a good Effect, & in that Case it is
not improbable that before the End of the Campaign Genl
Stanwix will be able to destroy all their Forts on the Ohio
between the Monongahela & the Erie Lake. Lest the Packett
should sail before Genl Amherst can advise the Ministry of
his Success at Ticonderoga I shall inclose you the last Intelli-
gence that we have received from his Army as well as of the
Motions of Genl Wolfe &c & the Enemys Strength & prep-
arations at Quebec which Account I apprehend might be
depended on as Major Stobo is a Person of Capacity & Char-
acter —
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Letter Bk. III
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[Sharpe to Wm. Sharpe.]
Annapolis the 13th Iuly 1759.
Dr Br
As I cannot expect an Opportunity of transmitting Letters
to England by any Vessel from this Province before our Fleet
returns again to Europe I take the Liberty to put you to the
Expence of one by the Packett from N York rather than defer
so long to acknowledge the Receit of Your favour of the 31st
of March last which Mr Galloway who is just returned to this
Province & paid me a Visit yesterday has put into my hands
& from whom I learn with great pleasure that Brother Phil as
well as yourself appeared to be in a pretty good State of
Health at the time that you were pleased to invite him to dine
at Your House. In a Lettr which I sometime ago received
from my Friend Goverr Dinwiddie he intimated to me that
imagining it was my Desire to be removed back again to the
Army he had talked with you thereupon & would endeavour
to strengthen your Interest with his own in order to serve me,
for this Offer of his I could do no less than make my Acknowl-
edgments but I cannot say that I have lately entertained any
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