Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 153

& at the same time its Situation is so agreeable & proper for
a Governors House that it would really be a Pity to give it
entirely up, especially as I think it very probable that the
Assembly will sometime or other refuse to pay a Governor's
Rent for him & alledge that it was for many years the Custom
here & is still in Pennsylvania for the Proprietary to accommo-
date His Lieut Governor with a Mansion. I mention this that
if a proposal should be made at another Session for support-
ing a College on any other plan it might be considered
whether the House & four Acres of Land intended for the
Governor's use should in such Case be given up for the
Advancement of Literature among us. With the Messages
that passed between the Houses on the College Bill I likewise
send you Copies of some that passed between them on a Bill
that was afterwards offered for the Defence of the Frontiers
by which it was proposed that the Ordinary Lycence Fines
since they could not be then secured for the use of a College
should be Mortgaged for the Term of seven years to sink the
Money which might be expended in giving the necessary
Protection to the Frontier Inhabitants: on this occasion the
Upper House as you will observe by the Journal had a Divi-
sion M^r Dulany & two more being willing to admit such
Appropriation while the other Members were averse to
mortgaging the Lycences for such a purpose more than one
year at most, the Consequence was that the Bill dropt in the
Lower House upon the proposed Amendment, & it was left
to the Frontier Inhabitants to provide in the best manner they
can for their own Security in Case the Western Indians should
again in the Spring recommence Hostilities against these
Colonies which however I flatter myself will not be the Case.
Inclosed I send you seconds of the Bills of Exchange for
£124 199 that I remitted in my Letter of the eighth Instant
& am with the greatest Regard &c.

Letter Bk. IV

[Gage to Sharpe.]

New York 4^th April 1764.
Sir
Having judged it for the good of his Majesty's Service, to
put the troops from Philadelphia Southward, under the imme-
diate Command of Col^o Bouquet, I think it proper to acquaint
you therewith: and at the same time to desire you would be
so good to correspond with the Colonel, and afford him all
the assistance in your power, for the better carrying on the
publick Service in that District. Being Dissapointed in my
hopes of Supplies from Virginia & Pensylvania, I am necessi-
tated to have recourse to every measure, which I think may

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