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526 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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of them as are in either House of Assembly would forego
those Advantages for any Reward they receive for attending
the publick Business, besides was a Lawyer to neglect attend-
ing one Court many of his Clients would address themselves
to others & so he would entirely lose their Business, these
Answers to Your Ldp's Objections having occurred to me on
reading Mr Calvert's Letter I thought it my Duty to submit
them to Your Ldp's Consideration, if there are any other
Objections to him I should be glad to be acquainted with
them that I may consider them likewise for I should be very
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sorry to recommend any Person to your Ldp that I at the
time thought Your Ldp would be averse to serving, but really
I apprehended from what Mr Calvert more than once wrote
to me concerning Mr Goldsborough particularly in his Letter
dated the 18th of Novr 1757 that Your Ldp was desirous to
have him in the Council & therefore as none of that Family
which makes a good Figure in the Province is now there I
thought it my Duty to recommend him nevertheless if Your
Ldp thinks there is any one whom it would be as good Policy
to prefer & who is capable of serving Your Ldp as well, I do
not enforce what I took the Liberty to write to Your Ldp the
28th of Octr last All that I beg is that Your Ldp will be so
kind as to acquaint me before you fill up the Vacancy with
the Gentleman's name because I may possibly know Some-
thing concerning him which was it known to Your Ldp might
perhaps incline You to postpone his Promotion. In Truth my
Lord the Affair of recommending is a very difficult & ticklish
one, there are few among us of any Figure who think they
ought not to have the preference & at the same time very few
if any who are quite unexceptionable; I can truly say that I
have always endeavoured to select those whom I thought it
good policy to promote & who wanted not Capacity of which
I flatter myself Your Ldp does not entertain the least Doubt.
Mr Dulany having signified to me his Intention to embark for
England in a Ship that is to sail from Potuxent I have agree-
able to Your Ldp's Instructions appointed him D Secretary &
Mr Ridout Commissary Genl in his Stead, of which measure I
hope Your Ldp will approve; & as the Commissioners for
running the Lines were by Agreement to meet the 22d Inst &
neither I nor Mr Ridout could attend having been both afflicted
with a Fever & Ague while Colo Henry is at too great a Dis-
tance to go to Chester on such short notice & Mr Leeds was
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so much indisposed about a week ago that I question whether
he was able to go up, I have for these Reasons appointed the
Revd Mr Barclay some time since one of the Professors of the
College at Williamsburg, now by Your Ldps Favour Rector
of All Hallows Parish in this County a Commmissioner in Mr
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