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Our Allied Army under the Comd of Prince Ferdinand in Ger-
many, who only can stand on the defensive, the enabled
to make forcible Detachments are likely to become masters of
the Electorate of Hanover, a means they seem to tend to as a
Ballancc on their side for Peace with us, who are their Con-
querors both by Land & at Sea & in possession of vast Do-
minions of theirs in Asia, Africa and America & are Landed
Besieging their Citadel & To'wn of Palais in the Isle of Bellisle ;
the Town is taken, but the Citadel on Rock ground to act in
Fortifications as Land & to the Sea & of no approach by Sap
under these circumstances the difficulty great, before wh Genl
Hdgson has been upwds of two months, many slain & will be
in Effected. The Isle is abl a league from the main Land, the
Channel shallow with But of Peace, the Belligerent
Powers are become Temperate & agreed for a Congress at
Ausburgh.
Monsr Bussy Charge des affairs & is in London, from hence
Mr Hans Stanly is at Paris on
pays all & from whom others must Accept. May Peace dwell
& all Happiness attend you is the sincere wish of him who is
with reality,
Yrs unfeignedly
Caecils Calvert
To His Excellcy Govr Sharpe.
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[Sharpe to Calvert.]
Annapolis 22d June 1761 transmitted by Mr Dulany,
Duplicate by Capt Carr —
Sir
As I flatter myself that the several Lettrs which I addressed
to His Ldp & Yourself the 19th, 20th, & 30th of April & 5th, 6th,
&10th of May last have ee'r this come to your hands or will be
very soon received by you I have very little to trouble you
with at present more than to inform you that the Surveyors
after running the North Line 25 Miles up the Peninsula from
the Middle Point have been obliged to break off by reason
that they could no longer take an Observation after the
manner they had done before the 6th Inst (the Polar Star &
that Star called Alioth now transiting the Meridian in the Day
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p. 197
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time) & they could not agree upon another Method not being
acquainted with any two Stars that at this Season come on the
Meridian of the Middle Point in the night exactly at the same
time, besides they were become very sickly having been for
some time in a dismal part of the Country abounding with
Marshes & Swamps. Upon the Surveyors Representing to
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