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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 491
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to assure You that if any of the Inhabitants of this Province
should be detected in carrying on any illegal Trade or Corres-
pondence whatever I will take Care that they be brought to
exemplary & condign Punishment.
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Letter Bk. III
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[Sharpe to Baltimore.]
4th March 1761.
My Ld
The Revd Mr Murdock lately Rector of Prince George's
parish having died about the Middle of last Month I now do
myself the honour to advise Your Ldp of that Event & to
inform Your Ldp that I have authorized or Lycenced the Revd
Mr Williamson to officiate there as a Curate untill I shall be
favoured with Your Ldp's Instructions to appoint some other
Rector in the Stead of the Deceased; I also take the Liberty
to remind Your Ldp that this is the Living which (as I under-
stood from Mr Calverts Letters) Your Ldp intended to confer
on Dr Sharpe in case it should become vacant before that
Gentn should be otherwise provided for, It is at this time one
of the most valuable in the province but as 'tis pretty extensive
being above thirty miles long & as many wide I suppose the
Parishioners will desire to have it divided, I shall not however
pay any Regard to such Petition untill I have the Satisfaction
to be advised of Your Ldp's pleasure. It gives me My Ld a
good Deal of Concern that I cannot yet state an Account of
the Amount or produce of the Duty of One Shilling a Hhd
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Letter Bk. IV
p. 163
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between the 29th Day of Septr 1759 & the 29th of last Sept,
nor remit your Ldp by this Opportunity a Bill of Exchange
for the Surplus or Excess of such Produce above the Sum of
£1000. the Reason of such my Inability is that Mr Young
the Naval Officer of Pocomoke hath not returned his last
Year's Account to either Your Ldp's Agent or Myself, Being
reminded by me of his Duty & of his Neglect, in a Letter
dated the 24"" of last Month he lays the Blame on his Deputy,
who he apprehends has been hindered by the hard Weather
which we have had this Winter from coming up to Baltimore
County, where Mr Young resides, but I cannot help thinking
that it is in a great measure owing to his own Dilitoriness, for
it was almost three months after he ought to have settled his
annual Account before the severe Weather came on; but
whoever of them is most to blame I hope it will not be much
longer before Mr Young returns his Account to the Agent &
a Duplicate to me, & Your Ldp may be assured that I will
embrace the first Opportunity afterwards of transmitting mine
to Your Ldp together with a Bill of Exchange for the Ballance
or Surplus abovementioned, & in the mean time I am My Ld
with the utmost Respect Yr Ldp's devoted & most obedt Servt
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