Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 541

known, I take most certain, and for your conduct you have his

Lord^ps Instructions with his commission for enlarging the Lim-
itted time for settling the Boundaries, the same transmitted by
the Mess^rs Penns Proprietors to the Governour of Pensilvania.
Yours the 19^th of April concerning his Lord^ps Instructions the
20^th of October with my Letter the 20^th also of the 22^d of Dec^r
with his Lord^ps Instr^ns the 20^th and 27^th and my Letter the 20^th
of the same dates. That conformable to Inst^ns you had made
Proclamation of his Majesty's Accession to the Throne of his
Realms and that you had convened the Assembly, and thereon
you have his Lord^ps Inst^ns It troubles him the Lower Houses
non-compliances to M^r Secretary Pitt's and Gen^l Amherst
requisitions for his Majesty's service and the security of his
Conquest on the American Continent. Your Remarks on
M^r Dulany, M^r Boardley, and M^r Ridout, puzzles, the 2^d of
Dec^{r I} advised you of the Death of Mr Tasker my Deputy and
mentioned M^r Attor^y Bordley for my Deputy on thought con-
firmed by Letter of yours as a proper Person and hinted M^r
Ridout on remove of M^r Bordley to be Naval Officer at Ana-
polis, thinking a Beneficial and suitable Enterance untill further
favour to him; I had no conception to Top him into prefer-
ment against Provincial Instance, the same was his Lord^ps Con-
sideration as p^r his Inst^ns the 20^th and 27^th of Dec^r last, the
Letter bearing alteration to the first from M^r Dulany very Ill
state of Health by his Letter expressive, obliging him to resign
the Office of Commissary Gen^l and requesting his being my
Deputy for Ease and from too much Bussiness, the only reason
that caused Approbation of his being my Deputy for the
recovery of his Health, and his Lord^p by Inst^ns gives M^r Board-
ley such motive for his compliance to M^r Dulany and for M^r
Bordley's acceptance of Comissary Gen^l and thereon his Noble-
ness of mind and favour is open to him, And on my part I
wrote to him the most Civiliest for his relishing the Exchange,
I thought Equal. By report Pique is between them, if so, no
argument for Publick concern to be emerged M^r Dulany was
in Government before him, therefore advance was with him.
My hint to M^r Dulany of Instⁿ that his request was granted
(by you Mark'd) I meant no other than the ordinary course of
Correspondence needfull or conditions and paym^t to me his
Superiour, of which you send me his Acceptance and I thank
you. Your remark of his Effecting more before his return,
you may depend the Reward's done him and family recited in
your Letter is Sufficient to Guard my Lord against, without