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512 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. IV
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Brother John (Clerk of Frederick County & Mr Carroll a
Gentn of considerable Fortune in this City who had become
joint Sureties in his Office Bond applied to me by Petition
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p. 189
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offering to pay the penalty of it upon its being assigned over
to them in order that they may endeavour to indemnify them-
selves which Offer was readily accepted, the Gentlemen of the
Council being of opinion that their Request was a reasonable
one — By Virtue of this Assignment they will I suppose secure
for themselves some Money that is due to Mr Henry Darnall
who it seems had as soon as he was advised of the abovemen-
tioned Discovery given them Orders on two or three people
who were his Debtors, but they aver that do what they can
they must both be considerable Losers, & I believe One of
them cannot well afford it; Influenced by this Consideration
I had some thoughts at first in case the Bills of Excha that
were paid by Mr H Darnall a few Weeks ago to the Agent
should prove sufficient to satisfy your Ldps Claim & my own
to let some Friend of Mr J Darnall's hold the Office for his
Benefit till I should be favoured with Your Ldps farther
Instructions, but finding by a Return from Mr Darnall's Deputy
(which I received the first Inst) that the abovementioned Bills
fall so much short of what is due to Your Ldp & Myself, &
having likewise some reason to think that Mr Carroll & Mr J
Darnall did not deal quite ingenuously with me the other Day
when I asked them whether they knew of any Debts due to
the late Naval Officer I signified to Mr John Darnall by a Lettr
dated the Ist Inst that I could not possibly serve him in the
manner above mentioned, & as there was a necessity for my
appointing another Naval Officer immediately I forthwith
issued a Commission to Mr Ross Clerk of the Council who
had previously consented & agreed that he would act in that
Office by Deputy as long as I should think fit to continue him
& account for the whole profits excepting only such Share of
the Fees as he might be obliged to allow his Deputy, By this
means if it be agreeable to Your Ldp the Ballance due from
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Mr Darnall on Account of the Impost of One Shilling pr Hhd
& the Tunnage Duty might be discharged in about two years.
If Your Ldp will take the Trouble to read the Committees
Report you will perceive it likewise appeared to them that Mr
Young the Naval Officer of Pocomoke had neglected to render
any Account of the 15d pr Hhd collected in his District ever
since he was appointed but that when he was informed the
Committee had made such a Discovery he hurried down with
his Accounts & having as I suppose applied the Money to his
own private use prevailed on his Brother in Law Mr Walter
Dulany (one of the Committee) to pay to the Commissioners
of the Loan Office on his Account a Bill of Exchange for the
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