Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 129

I perceive by Your Letter dated the 3^d of Sept^r that you have
been under some Apprehensions lest our Frontier Inhabitants
should have suffered much from the Irruptions of the Savages,
however it is with great pleasure I inform you that scarcely
any mischief has been done by them within this Province. By
a person just arrived here from Philadelphia we are told that
according to a late Account received from Lake Erie a large
Number of Indians who had come out in Canoes to attack a
Convoy of Provisions which was going from Niagara to
Detroit were totally defeated, & that in Consequence thereof
they had made Overtures for Peace. With the greatest
Regard &c I am
P. S. Tho I suppose an Indian's Scalp cannot at this time
be a Curiosity to you I shall herewith send you one that was
taken a few Months ago on the Frontier of this Province ima-
gining that a Scalp so adorned might be a novelty to some or
other of your acquaintance.

Letter Bk. IV

[Sharpe to Gage.]

Copy of a Letter to General Gage. Annapolis 30^th Decem^r
1763.
Sir
Having lately received by the Post the Letter you were
pleased to favour me with the 24^th Novem^r advising me of
S^r Jeffery Amherst's Departure for England & of your suc-
ceeding thereupon to the Command of All His Majesty's
Forces on this Continent I do myself the honour on that occa-
sion to assure you that I most sincerely wish every thing you
undertake or command may succeed according to Your
Desire, that your Services may secure to you the favour of a
most gracious Sovereign & the grateful acknowledgments of
Your Fellow Subjects.

Letter Bk. III

[Calvert to Sharpe.]

London Feb^ry 29^th 1764
Sir
I shall proceed in Answ^r to y^rs Aug^t the 21^st the 27^th of Sept^r
Nov^r the 10^th Doctors Bevis Azimuth Ins^t arrived & I hope
my Packet deposited in the Ins^t Case to you of Deeds Let^rs
&c^a delivered to the Mess^rs Mason & Dixon the New Sur-
veyors for the run^g the Boundary Lines. By Minutes from
the Commiss^rs at Philadelphia City, dated the 14^th Dec^r the
Survey^rs cite their process by the order & consent of the
Comiss^rs on Both sides meet at that City. The Survey^rs began
their process with the Sector Inst^t to settle the Lat^de of the

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