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scarcely a Person of Common Sense among us but laments
that no Act of Parliament has been yet made for that purpose,
for my own part I am of Opinion that nothing else can effectu-
ally preserve these Colonies from Ruin.

[Sharpe to Loudoun.]

I^st of Oct^r 1757.
My Ld
Being obliged a few Days ago to convene the Assembly of
this Province for want of Money to support any longer the
Troops that have been raised here agreeable to Your Ldp's
Requisition I thought it my Duty to press the Gentⁿ to make
suitable Provision for the Accomodation of such of His Maj-
esty's Regular Forces as Your Ldp might be pleased to order
hither for the winter. They have given me room to hope that
they will pay some Regard to my Recommendation but decline
coming to any Resolution on this Matter untill I can let them
know for what Number of Men Your Ldp expects they will
prepare Quarters. I must therefore intreat your Ldp to give
me the necessary Information, & if Your Ldp thinks fit to
require any thing more from this Province I hope you will be
pleased at the same time to advise me thereof that I may
communicate your Ldp's Commands to the Assembly before
they desire me to put an End to the Session. I doubt not
My Ld but you remember the Complaint that Capt Bosom-
worth made to your Ldp against one M^r Lee of this Province
for endeavouring by extraordinary means & in Conjunction
with several disaffected Persons to obstruct the Recruiting
Service, on my Return from Phila^a I advised M^r Lee of the
Representation that had been made to your Ldp & desired
he would not delay sending me an Answer. It was however
many weeks before I received one & as I apprehended your
Ldp had then little time to spare for the Perusal of such Let-
ters I declined troubling your Ldp therewith, but as M^r Lee
insists on his Innocence with respect to several Things that
Capt Bosomworth laid to his Charge I think myself obliged
to lay his Lett^r before your Ldp & to declare that I cannot
upon the strictest Enquiry find that M^r Lee ever forfeited the
Character of a loyal Subject or the Reputation of being a
Person of Veracity & Honour.

[Sharpe to Dinwiddie.]

Oct^r 1. 1757.
Sir
I thank you for your Letter of the 24^th ult wherein you
advise me of your having obtained His Majesty's Leave to go