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of their Resolution that you may not expect any Troops this
Campaign from this Province. Hoping you will do me the
Justice to believe that nothing has been wanting on my part,
I am &c.
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[Sharpe to Baltimore.]
Annapolis 5th of May 1761.
My Ld
I am sorry to inform Your Ldp that upon examining &
comparing the Accounts of Mr Henry Darnall & the Accounts
of the Trustees in London appointed in Consequence of our
paper Currency Act it has been discovered that instead of
remitting annually to the said Trustees Bills of Excha for the
Amount of the 15d pr Hhd collected by him as Naval Officer
of Potuxent District, he hath for several years past converted
the Money to his own private Use by which means it is appre-
hended that the Country will lose between eight & nine hun-
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dred pounds Stg. besides perhaps three or four hundred
pounds Currency which it is supposed he hath collected since
Septr last for the Duty payable on Negroes imported into this
Province & other small Duties: And altho he hath since he
ballanced his last Years Account with Your Ldp's Agent paid
him Bills of Exchange for more than £300 there is still due
from him on Account of the I4d pr Ton & 1/ pr Hhd near
£200 besides forty odd pounds due to me on Account of the
Duty of 3d pr Ton (an uncommon Number of Vessels many of
them loaded with Tobo having cleared out from Potuxent since
the 29th of Septr when he closed his last years Accts) That
your Ldp may see how this Discovery was made & what has
passed between me & both Houses of Assembly thereupon I
have transmitted to Mr Calvert Copies of every thing to be laid
before Your Ldp hoping that the measures I have pursued will
meet with your Ldp's Approbation. As to Mr Darnall I
understand that having received very early Advice of such a
Discovery's being made he quitted his House & plantation
which it seems had been mortgaged some years ago together
with all his Negroes, & retired to the House of a Son in Law
of his in St Mary's County whence I suppose he will not stir
unless he leaves the Country as he may be assured that if he
should be taken by the Sheriff no Person whatever will become
his Surety & that if he should be carried to Prison he must
expect to remain there as long as he lives. Your Ldp will
perceive by the Papers which I transmit to Mr Calvert that
immediately after the Gentn of the Upper House had by an
Address desir.ed me to take proper Steps that if possible the
money due to the Country might be recovered Mr Darnall's
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