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90 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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I Cannot Imagine that you will find any Difficulty in bringing
your People to Raise money, for the Support of the Five
Hundred men they Raised at my Requisition for the Defence
of the Province, and who I have since always employed in it,
and for that purpose; But I must beg that you will Explain
to the Assembly that the Restrictions they Layed on those
Troops, in their Act last Summer, are not only Contrary to
the King's Instructions to all His Governors, but a Direct
Attack on His Majesty's undoubted prerogative of Com-
manding all His Subjects in Arms and are at the same time
Ruinous to the Service, and to the security both of your own
& the neighbouring Provinces, the very purpose for which
they were Raised. It would be Injurious to them, to suppose
that they would have gone into it, if it had occurred to them
in their Deliberations, what the Consequence of such a Reso-
lution must be, if it could have taken Effect, and I am sure
your Abilitys & Zeal for the Publick Service, will Lay it before
them in the true Light. —
As to Mr Lee's Letter I have read it, and shall Examine
further into it, and write to you on that & the other Informa-
tions I received from you, Iust as I was setting out for Halifax.
I am, with great Regard,
Sir
Your most obedient
Humble Servant
Loudoun
To The Honble Horatio Sharpe Esqr
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Letter Bk. III
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[Sharpe to Admiral Holburne.]
18th Octr 1757 —
Sir.
I received the Letter that you sent me from one of His
Majesty's principal Secretaries of State together with that
which you was yourself pleased to favour me with the 10th of
Iuly & as soon as I had an Opportunity I communicated the
Contents of them to our Assembly pressing them at the same
time to a compliance with your Requisition. In answer to my
Message on this occasion the Gentlemen professed the utmost
Readiness on their Parts to comply with every reasonable
measure that should be recommended by His Majesty's Min-
isters but concluded their Address with a Declaration which
is indeed a very just one that the Seamen employed in the
Trade of this Province are so few that it is absolutely impos-
sible for us to supply the Fleet with the smallest Number.
I am sorry it was not in my Power to comply with your
Request by sending you a Number of Seamen from this
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