Annapolis the 10^th April 1760 —
Sir
I am sorry I can give no other Answer to the Letter you
were pleased to write from N York the 22^d of last Month than
that the late Proceedings of our Assembly leave me no room
to hope that they will be prevailed on to grant any more
Money for His Majesty's Service during the War & that I
have now very little Reason to think they ever intended to
discharge the Debts which were contracted on Account of
the Maryland Troops after the 8^th of Oct^r 1757 when the
money which had been before granted for their Support was
entirely expended. This being the Case I must submit it
to Yourself to proceed in such manner as you shall think best
for a Reimbursement of the £1500 which you were the
Summer before last pleased to advance D^r Ross in Order to
prevent his being ruined by having continued to Victual the
Maryland Troops after the time abovementioned. I presume
you remember that what D^r Ross did after that time was done
in Consequence of Letters from the Earl of Loudoun to me &
from General Stanwix to the Doctor & that he had great
Reason to hope either His Ldp or the General would take
measures for his being paid, As he was however unhappily
disappointed in such his Expectations & the Money due to
him for Provisions furnished to the Maryland Troops amounts
to a very considerable Sum more than what you were so kind
as to advance him & as he could no longer hope to be paid
by the Assembly he thought fit in Sept^r last to address a State
of his Case & a Petition for Relief to the R^t hon^ble M^r Secretary
Pitt to whom I took the Liberty to transmit the same the latter
End of that Month. In this State he has mentioned the
Letters which Gen^l Stanwix was pleased to send him & also
advised M^r Pitt of Your having advanced him the Sum of
£1500 & Brig^r Forbes a farther Sum in order to support his
Credit untill he should be able to recover the Money that was