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456 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. IV
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wrote to some Members of the Pensilvania Assembly &
encouraged them to hope that their Act will not be dissented
to, which has I understand not a little alarmed the Proprie-
taries Friends in that Province. In the Letter which I
addressed to you the 7th of July I told you that at the ensuing
Provincial Court I should take an Opportunity of Speaking to
the several Magistrates concerning that Affair of an Escheat
Warrant which was determined at an adjourned Court held in
July was Twelve Month, but as Mr Dulany & Mr Dorsey two
of the principal Lawyers were on a Journey to Boston in Septr
last when the Court should have been held, Scarcely any Busi-
ness at all could be done, & therefore the two Justices who
reside in Town & Mr Darnal only just met & adjourned the
Court, by which means I was deprived of the Opportunity I
expected of seeing All the Magistrates who were on the
Bench when the abovementioned Affair was tried & as I
thought it would not be prudent for me to write to them &
require an Account of their Behaviour on that Occasion lest
my Letters should hereafter fall into the hands of Persons
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that may be disposed to put an ill Interpretation on & make
a bad use of Them, I defer making the Inquiry I promised till
I have an Opportunity of Talking to them seperately. As the
provincial Justices have after a formal Hearing determined
that our Act of Assembly about which Mr Steuart presented a
Memorial to His Ldp does not make the Importers of Con-
victs lyable to the Payment of any Duty I hope Mr Steuart will
not give His Ldp any more Trouble on that Subject; for your
Satisfaction I shall transmit you a Transcript of the Record
containing the Determination of the Court. I presume that
you have by this time received an Account of the entire
Reduction of Canada, Be pleased to accept my hearty Con-
gratulations on this happy & most interesting Event which
has I suppose occasioned more Joy in these Colonies than
any Thing that has before happened since they were first
Settled; An Event that will I hope unless some fatal Accident
should happen in Europe pave the Way for a speedy honour-
able & lasting Peace, be productive of many great Advan-
tages to all these Colonies, & much increase the Power Trade
& Wealth of Great Britain. As I apprehend that the several
Draughts, Maps, & Papers, which have been at times presented
to me by Mr Emory & Mr Evans, & which I have transmitted
to you & also the Maps Journals & other Papers which were
transmitted by the Commissioners who were appointed by the
late Lord can be of no Use to His Ldp or you since His Ldp
has entered into New Articles of Agreement with the Proprie-
taries of Pensa I should be glad if you would be pleased to
return those papers to me as we may perhaps have Occasion
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