believe the Parishioners would be well pleased with an Ex-
change. The Reason I did not in my last Letter speak of the
Conference Chamber as a proper place for the Agent's office
was that some workmen who had been desired to review &
examine the Building are of opinion that it cannot stand many
years & as I conceive the Assembly would not if it was appro-
priated to the Agent's use be prevailed on to rebuild or repair
it I am of opinion it would be better for your Ldp to buy or
have an Office built at once for that particular purpose.
Wishing Your Ldp all happiness I am &c.

[Sharpe to Kilby.]

Annapolis the 3^d of Aug^st 1761.
Sir
In Answer to the Letter you were pleased to favour me with
the 27^th of April I embrace an Opportunity that now offers to
inform you that the officers of the Maryland Troops & M^r
Ross who victualled them having in Sept^r 1759 in Petitions
addressed to the R^t honble M^r Sec^y Pitt represented to him
the Difficulties they laboured under & into which they had
been brought by obeying the Orders they had received from
His Majesty's Generals & by the Obstinacy of our Assembly
I took the Liberty to transmit the same to the Sec^yof State in
a Letter dated the 28^th of Sept. 1759 & at the same time sent
my Brother William the Muster Rolls & Accounts which had
been put into my hands by the Officers & M^r Ross & to which
they in their Petitions or memorials referred in order that the
said Accounts &c. may be by him delivered into the Secretary
of States Office in case such a Step should be regular & proper.
These accounts having been afterwards sent to the Treasury
were by their Lordships referred to the Examination of Lord
Loudoun, Gen^l Abercrombie & Gen^l Stanwix who were
desired to make a Report thereon which my Brother tells me
they accordingly did being fully convinced by the Papers &
by what they themselves knew concerning the Affair that the
Representations of the Officers & M^r Ross were true & that
their Claims were just & reasonable. This S^r was all that
had been done the 15^th of April last, the Report had been
made to the Treasury but no Orders for Payment had been
issued, if in case nothing has been since done you will be so
kind as to second my B^r William's Sollicitations & endeavour
to obtain an order for the money due you will extremely
oblige all the Parties concerned & in particular S^r
P. S. The inclosed short & general State of the Acco^ts will
shew you what is the Ball" still due to M^r Ross & the Troops.