monstrous delays. I have not been able to pass my Acc^tts till
very lately when at last I am ordered my Quietus.
We are greatly surprised from S^o Carolina to hear of the
Cherokees being very refractory & guilty of many Murders
&c. which obliged the Governor to march an armed force into
their Country to bring the Murderers to Condign punishment,
and the nation in general into a due submission to Great
Britain. The People here are much alarmed at this, but I am
satisfied the governor will be able to bring them into proper
order, tho' I think it might have been done at Charlestown by
sending for the heads of each tribe, but as the governor is a
gentleman, of great sense I doubt not he acts consistently

I have been in a very poor state of health ever since my
arrival, have been twice at Bath, & am advised to try the
waters once more which I propose doing in three weeks time.
As I shall always retain a due regard & esteem for Mr. Sharpe,
I shall be glad of hearing frequently from you, and if any thing
in my power to serve you freely Command
your Excellence's
most ob^t humble Serv^t
P. S. Pray tender my kind Rob^t Dinwiddie
respects to Mr. Ridout.

[Sharpe to Amherst.]

Annapolis 25^th Feb^y 1760
S^r
Having this Moment received Your Lett^r of the 14^th Inst. I
do myself the honour to assure you that Nothing could give
me more pleasure than to be able to promote the Service in
which His Majesty's Troops under Your Excellency's Com-
mand are about to be employed but I am sorry to inform you
that the Conduct of the Assembly of this Province for more
than two years has been such as leaves me no room to enter-
tain the least hopes of being ever able to prevail with them to
grant any more Supplies for His Majesty's Service unless the
Secretary of State shall be pleased in a particular manner to
censure their late Proceedings or shall signify His Majesty's
pleasure in such Terms as may incline the Upper House to
accept from the Lower & pass the Supply Bill which they
have hitherto peremptorily refused agreeable to the Opinion
& Advice of M^r Pratt His Majesty's Attorney Gen^l because it
was calculated to introduce unwarrantable Innovations & pro-
duce much Confusion in the Province. I have in more Letters
than one acquainted the Secretary of State with the Reasons
that no Supplies were granted here for the Service of the two
last Campaigns hoping he would by some means or other