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352 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. III
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might seriously reflect on them but indeed as you observe he
does not seem trouble himself much about the Affairs of the
Province, nor has Mr Calvert pursued any regular Plan or left
me Power to do so, many Places of considerable Trust &
Profit have been disposed of contrary to my Desire or at least
without my Knowledge or Consent at one time some partic-
ular Person is to be served in an extraordinary manner &
must be refused nothing that he shall ask for & perhaps the
next Letter shall tell me that such Person is neither thought
worthy of favour nor capable of Doing His Ldp or his Governt
the least Service, by which management it has been brought
about that several if not most of His Ldp's principal Officers
have little Respect for him or Regard for Mr Calvert who
nevertheless is fond of corresponding with & thereby laying
himself open to All of them while at the same time he seems
very averse to my writing to any one besides himself concern-
ing the Affairs of the Province. You tell me that Mr Hamersly
is Mr Calvert's great Friend & Adviser & that therefore it
would not be improper for me now & then to write him a
civil Letter, while Mr Calvert in a Lettr which I have just
received from him dated the 30th of March last says "I sus-
pect, I know not, if Mr Hamersly has set up Correspondent
with you, if he has have a Care how you Commune with him,
he's not your Friend, the less you mention of him the better,
I have quieted Your Adversaries here," In these Circum-
stances would you advise me to write to Mr Hemersly or not?
I am apt to think that my Doing so will increase Mr Calvert's
Jealousy which I suppose must have taken its Rise from Mr
Hamersly's having drawn up a Letter which my Ld lately sent
me with Attorney Genl Pratt's Opinion upon the Dispute
which has for some time subsisted between our two Houses of
Assembly concerning the Supply or Assesment Bill which the
Upper House have so often refused to pass. Mr Pratt's
opinion seems to justify their Proceedings & might perhaps
if I should be ordered again to sollicit Supplies have some
Weight with our Lower House & incline them to pursue
different Measures from those which have for some time past
given me so much Cause of Uneasiness. As this Letter of my
Lords was sealed & directed by himself I am apt to think that
Mr Calvert never saw it & perhaps he begins to entertain
some Apprehensions that Mr Hemersly might have an Eye
on the Secretary's Office. I cannot for my part conceive why
Mr Hemersly should be my Enemy, nor do I understand who
those Adversaries are that Mr Calvert says he has quieted.
I do not apprehend that either my Lord or Mr Calvert would
have been at all displeased at Your endeavouring without their
Approbation to procure that Office for Mr Ridout however
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