Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 13

Pos^t
The purpose of this Epistle is on No Account designed
towards corrupt Views, But as Malignancy is prevalent, y^r
Strict Honour is relyed on, that you keap Secreet the Name to.
this Letter & ag^t accident by Mortality after you have consid-
ered the Substance you are desired to Extinguish this Letter;
keeping it till then in close privacy that none may see or get
a Copy of it ; Albeit it is approved of communing with M^r
Attor^y Bordley on the several contents, he being deemed a
Man of good sense & real Knowledge. Good success result-
ing from the Doctrine in the above Letter will give the great-
est satisfaction to the Author who is a real friend to the Lord
Proprietor & Province and wishes all Happiness to you & y^r
Administration.

Calvert
Papers.

[Egremont to Sharpe.]

Whitehall Dec^r 12^th 1761
Sir.
The King having taken into His most serious Considera-
tion, how highly essential it is to the Interests & Security of
His Subjects in North America, that the regular Regiments,
serving in that Country, be recruited with all convenient
Expedition to their full Complement of Effectives, and at the
same Time seeing the impracticability of compleating them
from Great Britain, considering how this Country is drained
by the great Number of Men furnished for the various Ser-
vices in all Parts of the World ; I am therefore to signify to
you the King's Pleasure that You do immediately on the
Receipt of this Letter exert your utmost Influence to induce
Your Province, to carry into the most speedy & most effectual
Execution this very important Object by immediate Compli-
ance with any Requisition, which Sir Jefferey Amherst shall
in Consequence of His Majesty's Orders, make for furnishing,
on certain Conditions, which he will explain to you, such a
Number of Recruits from your Province, as he shall demand,
as their Quota, towards compleating the Regular Regiments,
which have been sent to America for the Defence & Protec-
tion of the Possessions of His Majesty's Subjects there ; And
the King cannot doubt but that the Province will chearfully &
readily comply with this reasonable Demand so obviously
calculated for their own Security & Advantage, at the same
Time that Your Zeal for His Majesty's Service will naturally
excite you to use all your Influence & Power in bringing
effectually to bear a Measure, which His Majesty has so much

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