Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 501

(married to another Sister) who having been made Sheriff
some time ago at M^r Dulany's Instance is now sued for detain-
ing a considerable Sum of publick Money: The M^r Murdock
above mentioned (married to another Sister) a Representative
for Prince Georges County with whose Conduct the Govern^t
hath very little reason to be satisfied as you will readily dis-
cover by recurring to the Journals of the Lower House: M^r
Young the Naval Officer of Pocomoke who soon after the
Death of his first Wife married M^r Dulany's Youngest Sister,
& one D^r Rich^d Brooke a flaming Zealot against papists & a
Railer ag^st the Lord Proprietary of whom you have probably
some Remembrance it being the same Person who some years
ago before I left England presented an extraordinary Memo-
rial to the President of His Majesty's Council wherein it was
alledged that the late Lord Proprietary did in a peculiar
manner countenance & encourage the Roman Catholicks in
this Province, I must also beg Leave to observe to you that
this D^r Brooke hath a Brother here in Orders who is very
desirous to be inducted into a Parish in this Province but as
his Friends know what is my opinion of him they have never
press't me to provide for him, Should M^r Dulany or any other
person be prevailed on to recommend him to His Ldp for
favour I hope you will advise My Ld of what I have now
written & beg His Ldp to decline serving him untill I can have
notice of his Application & be able to communicate to you
more fully what I know & what are my Sentiments concerning
him — What made me when I was writing to you the 26^th of
May last express my Apprehensions that some one or other
had done M^r Ridout ill offices with His Ldp or you was your
never taking any notice of what I said to you concerning him
in the Letter I addressed to you the 13^th of July 1759 & your
intimating in a Letter which you sometime ago wrote to me
concerning M^r Young that you were afraid the person who
transcribed my Letters took the Liberty to speak of their Con-

tents, to which Intimation I thought it my Duty to give an
Answer at the same time that I expressed such my Apprehen-
sions; besides as I knew that many people here attached as
they are to their own Interest have looked on M^r Ridout with
an evil Eye merely because they imagined he would probably
at some time or other stand in the way of themselves or their
Relations & have some Office or other conferred on him which
they may otherwise hope to enjoy I could not think it very im-
probable that either One or other of the Gentlemen here with
whom you correspond had taken the Liberty to suggest some-
thing tho I could not guess what to his Disadvantage. I was how-
ever very glad to find by Your Letter dated the 20^th of June last
& by what you have since wrote to me that my Apprehensions