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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1757-1761
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 514 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
Letter Bk. IV whereby it appears that Mr Darnall the Naval Officer of Po-
tuxent hath for these five years appropriated to his own pri-
vate use all the Money that he hath collected on Account of
the 15d pr Hhd which by the paper Currency Act made in
1732 ought to have been remitted by him to the Trustees in
London for purchasing Bank Stock on Account of the Prov-
ince. That you may be thoroughly acquainted with the Affair
& with all that hath passed between me & the two Houses
thereupon I herewith transmit Copies of their Addresses &
my Answers together with a Copy of the Committee's Report
& some Letters which I presume you will lay before His Ldp
who will I hope approve of the Steps that I have taken. You
will see by the Extract of the Committees Report (which the
Lower House presented to me with their Address) & the
p. 192 Additional Note or Memorandum at the Bottom of it that the
Money which Mr Darnall hath collected on Account of the
abovementioned Duty & has not remitted to the Trustees is
little short of £1900, besides which he owes I suppose to the
Loan Office & Treasurer three or four hundred Pounds Cur-
rency on Account of Duties paid him since Septr last for
Negroes &c. imported into his District; & tho he did a few
weeks ago pay His Ldp's Agent Bills of Exchange for
£305. 18.5 yet I find by a Return which I received from his
Deputy the Ist Inst that there is still due on Account of the
14d pr Ton & 1/ pr Hhd collected by him since the 29th of
Septr last almost £200 stg besides more than £40 on Account
of the three pence pr Ton payable to me as Lieut. Governor.
You will learn from the Letters that passed between Mr Bord-
ley & me that upon the Discovery's being made Mr Darnall's
two Sureties paid the penalty of his Office Bond which was
thereupon assigned over to them but notwithstanding such
payment the Country will I suppose lose at least a Thousand
Pounds by his Failure for tho every Step will be taken agree-
able to the Advice of the Upper House in Order to indemnify
the Publick yet I fear they will not avail, as I understand that
his real Estate was long ago mortgaged to its Value & he has
since parted with his personal. Being under a Necessity upon
his Withdrawing himself to appoint another Naval Officer of
Potuxent I granted a Commission to Mr Ross who had previ-
ously consented & agreed to execute it by Deputy & to account
for the whole Fees except what such Deputy shall be allowed
untill the Ballance due to His Ldp & Myself is paid which (if
His Ldp approves of this measure) it might be I imagine in
about two Years; or if you think it would be as agreeable to
His Ldp I should be extremely glad to have his permission in
the Stead of Mr Ross to appoint his Son in Law Dr Upton
Scott (a Gentn well known I believe to Mr Key) Naval Officer


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