116 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

so peculiar Interesting, No doubt sure can be of the Assembly's
Acquitance in real Duty & by Allegiance Bound under the
Best of Sovereigns & by the command of God, Love your
Neighbour as you do y^r self. The Hon^ble Office I hold obliges
my render of this Notice to you for His Majesty's & the Lord
Proprietors Service. May all Happiness attend you & the
Province. With Esteem Yr^s Sincerely
Caecil^s Calvert
Pos^t I have directed all things un-opened to you by the
Surveyors, who are very desirous to be with due respect to
you 'tis observed of Jere. Dixon that he is of Good skill in
Min^g discovery, may p^r Adventure be of use to Maryland he
is desirous to settle in America. Cha^s Mason is regularly
Bred at the Philosophical Academy at G The Earl of Egre-
mont Dead by Appoplexey. No Sec^y as yet appointed in his
Room. Much Embarassm^t among the Great, God preserve
the King. No acc^t from my Lord since the 2^d of May, sup-
posed at Constantinople.
To Lieut. Gov^r Sharpe by the Surveyors To Maryland &
Pensilvania.

Original.

[Amherst to Sharpe.]

New York, 7^th Septem^r 1763.
Sir,
I Have already sent orders to the Commanding Officers at
the Several Posts to Stop all Traders from Carrying any
Supplys to the Indians; but as I think this of the utmost Con-

sequence, I must Request you will be pleased to give the

Necessary Directions for Stopping all kind of Commerce with
any of the Tribes of Savages, from your Province for I suspect
there are People mad enough for the Sake of Gain, that
would Venture, Notwithstanding the present Disturbances, to
Carry Supplys to the Indians: And I Know of Nothing that
can tend more Effectually to Crush the Barbarians, than the
prohibition of Trade: as they certainly cannot Carry on their
Hostilities much Longer, unless they Do Receive fresh Supplys,
& they have no way of getting these Supplys but from us.
I am, with great Regard
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble Servant
His Excellency Jeff: Amherst
Governor Sharpe.