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528 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. IV
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transmitted the Letters I wrote to His Ldp & you & 20th &
22d of Decrlast were arrived in England after a very short
passage I was in hopes that I should by Mr Plater or by some
Vessel of the Fleet have been favoured with a Line from you
but as it is now almost two months since the Ships arrived &
no Letter has been presented to me I conclude that none was
sent, however as I should be very glad to receive answers to
those Letters I entertain hopes that it will not be long before
I have that Satisfaction. In my Letter dated the 22d of Decr
last I advised you of some Difficulties which the Sheriff of
Worcester County was under about collecting the Land Tax
& other Taxes from such People as have been hitherto deemed
to be in that County notwithstanding their Plantations lye on
the North Side of the Line which was run from Fenwix's
Island & at the same time I sent you a Copy of Mr Goldsbo-
rough Opinion & Answers to several Queries relative to such
Difficulties which had been submitted to his Consideration,
Since that time I have likewise inclosed you Mr Bordley's
answers to the same & three other queries & intimated to you
that the articles were lying before Mr Dulany for his opinion
also as I was willing to have the best Advice I could on a
matter of such Consequence. Having kept the Parchments
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p. 207
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& queries many weeks without favouring me with an answer
to the Letter I had therewith sent him he was pleased just
before he embarked to return them to me together with a
Paper, which that you may be the better able to judge of his
manner & of his Desire to give me Satisfaction I now inclose
you, together with the queries, not knowing really whether he
intended the Contents of it as a full answer to the Queries or
for what purpose he sent it to me. Having since he embarked
for England received such Information as leaves me no room
to doubt but he is determined in ua.se a Clerkship should
become vacant to appoint his Brother in Law Mr Hedges of
Csecil County to such Office I think it my Duty to intimate as
much to you that if you should be averse to such a proceed-
ing you may take proper Measures to prevent it. The Person
in question as I hinted to you in my Letter dated the 19th of
April was about seven years ago at the Instance of Mr Dulany
appointed Sheriff of Cecil County, by which means you know
he was authorized to collect the Quit Rents & several Taxes
imposed by sundry Acts of Assembly but sorry am I to inform
you that he would pay neither till compelled by a Suit at Law
& tho he did upon being sued settle with the Agent for the
Quit Rents he has not yet accounted for some of the Taxes
that he collected which has laid me under the necessity of
Ordering the Attorney Genl to file a Bill in Chancery against
him in order to bring him to Account for the publick Money
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