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me the 2^d of Oct^r having arrived just before M^r Murdock died
M^r Williamson has with my Approbation appointed him to
officiate here as Curate during the time that he himself may
continue to officiate in Prince Georges Parish which will give
the Young Gentleman an Opportunity if he has Merit of
recommending himself to favour & indeed may be of Service
to him, as he is very young & will by Living here among his
Superiours be more cautious & less apt to acquire ill Habits
than he might be was he to be now placed in some other part
of the province.
On Reading M^r Bordleys Answers to the Queries which as
I intimated to in my Letter dated the 22^d of Dec^r I had sub-
mitted to his Consideration (& which with the Articles of
Agreement are now before M^r Dulany) you will observe
that he differs in opinion from M^r Goldsborough with Regard
to the power of the Court & Sheriff of Worcester over those
people who having been heretofore deemed Inhabitants of
that County live on the North Side of the Line that was run
in the year 1751 from Fenwix's Island, M^r Goldsborough being
of opinion that they are no longer subject to Maryland Laws
or liable to pay Taxes in this province while M^r Bordley thinks
that altho His Ldp & the proprietors of Pennsylvania could
make any Agreement they thought proper relative to the Soil
or Quit Rents which heretofore they may have both claimed,
yet that the People who have always been deemed & have
looked on themselves as Inhabitants of either one Gov^t or the
other cannot by the bare Agreement of the Proprietors be
deprived of the Benefit of the Laws by which they have been
always governed: As you cannot but be sensible of the ill
Consequences that may be expected from this Matters
remaining a Doubt I must beg the favour of you to represent
the same to His Ldp who will I hope take Advice thereon in
England & send me particular Instructions for my Conduct;
I could wish also that His Ldp would desire the proprietors
of Penn^a to write to their Lieut. Gov^r likewise on this Subject,
so that neither He & I, nor the people on the Borders, or Civil
Officers may have any Disputes here about the Extent of our
respective Jurisdiction. I am &
p. S. Inclosed you receive a Bill of Excha. on M^r Grove for
£118. 2. 6 w^ch is £6. 17. 6 less than I would have remitted
could I have got a Bill for £125 —

[Sharpe to Fauquier.]

Annapolis the 21^st March 1761.
Sir
Complaint having been made here by one Valentine Mul-
kere Master of a Letter of Marque Schooner belonging to