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356 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. IV
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Parts of it, by what Rights & on what Terms they hold &c)
as would have enabled me to give you full Satisfaction with
regard to it, but as the Steward did not meet Colo Lloyd here
according to Appointment & the Colo is himself quite a
Stranger to the Affair You must excuse my not complying at
this time with the Promise I made you in my Lettr of the
13th Ult, but as I have wrote to the Steward in very pressing
Terms I hope he will not long delay to comply with my
Requisition & that I shall be able to write to you very fully on
this Subject by our Fleet which will sail for England the last
of Septr In my Letter of the 4th of June I told you I could
not learn that any Aliens Bill similar to that which was
rejected by our Upper House last Decr had been ever passed
in Pensa but I perceive by a Copy of the Acts which were
made in that Province last May that Governr Denny did at
that time assent to One, of which you will herewith receive a
Copy. It is with great pleasure that I now inform you of the
Success of His Majesty's Arms in the Reduction of Niagara,
Ticonderoga & Crown Point, a particular Account whereof
you will find in the inclosed Gazette as the French & Indians
who went from Venango to relieve Niagara suffered so much,
it is hoped that the Enemy will not only not find themselves
able to make a Descent on Pittsburg this Summer but that
Brigr Stanwix will if he chooses to make an Attempt reduce
without any great Difficulty all the Forts that they have built
at or near the Head of the Ohio River.
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[Sharpe to Calvert.]
4th of Septr 1759.
Sir
Having been just now told that a Vessel which it was
expected would have tarried for the Convoy will sail in a Day
or two from Potuxent for London I embrace the Opportunity
to inform you that very soon after the Reduction of Niagara
the French who had garrisoned their Forts at Presquisle on
the South Side of Lake Erie, on Riviere au Beuf, & at
Venango thought proper to abandon those Posts & retire to
Detroit where it is said they have a very considerable Settle-
ment. I have not indeed received any Letter to this Purport
from Brigr Stanwix, but I believe there is no room to doubt
the Truth of the Accot which as you will see by one of the
inclosed Gazettes was brought to Pittsburg by three of our
friendly Indians who had been up the Ohio for Intelligence.
As you will likewise see in the inclosed Papers all the news
that we have lately received from the Northward concerning
the operations of His Majesty's Forces in that Quarter I
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