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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1757-1761
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374 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe,

Letter Bk.III remove all occasion of further Dispute between our two
Houses of Assembly on that Subject nor have I indeed given
over all Expectations of receiving some such Letter from the
Secretary of State when Colo Amherst arrives or before the
Opening of the ensuing Campaign, in that Case I should
apply to the Assembly with some Prospect of Succeeding but
at present I dare not as I have already told Your Excellency
flatter myself with the least Hopes & therefore I could wish
you would not insist on my convening them before the time
to which by Advice of the Council they now stand prorogued
but if it is Your Excellency's Opinion that I ought not to delay
Meeting the Assembly in Expectation of Receiving from the
Secretary of State any farther Commands I will forthwith issue
a Proclamation requiring their Attendance & will press them
in the most importunate manner which is the utmost I can do
to comply with Your Excellency's Requisition —
[Sharpe to Amherst.]
Annapolis the 6th March 1760 —
Sir
Your Letter of the 21st Ult & Mr Secretary Pitts dated the
7th of Iany having come to hand soon after I last did myself
the honour to write to Your Excellency immediately on my
Receit of them I issued a Proclamation requiring the Assembly
of this Province to meet here the 1th Inst. which is as soon as
they could possibly come together. I shall at that time com-
municate to them both Your Excellency's & the Secretary of
State's Lettr & I hope you will believe that no Endeavours
shall be wanting on my Part to obtain from them for the Ser-
vice of the ensuing Campaign as large Supplies as possible.
Original. [Amherst to Sharpe.]

New York 6th March 1760
Sir,
I am this day favored with Your Letter of the 25th Ulto by
which I find that as for these two Years past You had no
prospect of succeeding with Your Assembly in obtaining from
them the necessary Supplies which I requested for the Service
of the ensueing Campaign, unless the Secretary of State should
be pleased, in a particular manner to Censure or Condemn
their late proceedings; as I had the pleasure of forwarding
such a Letter to You with mine of the 21st of February, I am
hopefull the Assembly will have been awakened into a sense
of their duty, and that they will no longer persist in their
obstinate refusal of contributing their assistance towards



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