132 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

wanting it would be right, But thats not the case: who you
send must be resient, he will be rec^d with much Grumbling &
discontent by all & Substantial good Men of Hon^ble & suffi-
cient Credit will regard such a proceeding a slur upon them
& of Loss, they will resent it & it is not Policy. Beware of
such a step: you have by Instructions sent M^r Lloyd as soon
as y^r Office of Rec^r Gen^l is compleated & Established, you
have noted in such Instructions proper checks Essential to
gain the return of a fair acco^t & a thorough insight into all
yourr Private concerns from Hon^ble Persons in y^r Provincial
State in Employs, they upon annual inspection into y^r Agents
Acco^ts will not pass fraud nor injury they'l get nothing by it,
they must & will be check upon one another & will return you
a fair acco^l & persons concerned in y^r Revenues must adjust
fair as their whole transactions will be open in day Light &
all Erors will have the Best advise How to rectifye ? & y^r
Instructions & Deeds will be ready in the Office, attendant
as to stability & to improvem^t of such y^r concerns, he
reply'd, he for the present would wave the Step, from his
dependance on my Judgem^t saying write to the Gov^r to Effect
what you propound and convince me my Being is & let there
be an Establishment of such an office at Annapolis, it will
make Easy to me all my own happiness by the chance of a
just acco^t I am now intirely deprived of as even reflects shame
upon my self to suffer: & his Lord^p observed, the non perfor-
mance of such a requisition to his contentment, brought on
his much anxiety, I therefore think it my duty to admonish
thereof, there's no doubt of your affection & good will to him
in all things. But others want to be Quickned in obedience
to him. If a change of Rec^r Gen^l must be you seem alarm'd
ab^l Col. Barnes. Now here, you say, " I do not suppose you
will chose to encourage Co^l Barnes to return hither with any
such views" (Say) "you & he were upon very good Terms"
Of M^r Barnes he nor I have sought one another, we have meet
by accident, he informed me his design was England, if he
could establish his sons here, he express'd himself with the
utmost regard & in the most obliging manner concern^g you
Public & private very respectfully, & said a better Gov^r than
you could not be to the Province, he has since inform'd me
that his project for his sons Emolument here will not do, there-
fore thinks of his return to Maryland, where he has a good
Setlement, & where he has had sucess with risque of Ruin,
he's very fond of his two sons, I am not surprised at, they are
of Personage very engaging & well accomplish'd, Maryland
Born, & the father has been a Representative in the Lo:
House as an unprejudiced man. In discourse I have observed
him a Person of good sense & his Character is so & men