166 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. IV

in Consequence of any Discovery made by him & I question
whether he yet knows for what Reasons they were displaced.
With respect to his Complaint against Colonel Lloyd for refus-
ing him an Order for Land Warrant for a large quantity of
vacant Land he pretended to have discovered I know the
Agent was willing to give him all possible Encouragement &
Indulgence but surely it would not have been proper to give
such an Order to a Person who could neither pay for the Land
nor get any Person to be his Surety for payment which was
really his Case, his Credit being at the lowest Ebb & no
Person who wishes to be at quiet would on any Account be
concerned with him: I hope therefore that in Consideration
of what I have said especially when I tell you that in those
Letters of his now before me he has advanced several Things
which are absolutely false & which he must have known were
contrary to Truth you will discountenance his Correspondence
nevertheless you may be assured that if he can give me any
Information which might be depended on relative to His Ldps
Affairs or the misbehaviour of any Officer I shall pay due
Attention to his Intelligence & that he might not want an
Opportunity of Communicating any thing to me I will again
send for him. I perceive you had before Captain Love came
away received my Letter dated the 28^th of Dec^r since which
time I have addressed four others to you dated the 8^th & 13^th
of March, the 8^th of May & 11^th of June all which you will I
hope duly receive. Since that time Nothing worthy Notice
has happened here but all is now Peace & quietness in this
Province at least & will I flatter myself long continue so. As
Capt Love arrived & sent me over your Letters so very lately
& the Ship by which I must transmit this is just about to sail
you will I hope excuse me for not giving at present so parti-
cular an Answer to every part of your several Letters as
might perhaps be otherwise expected but you may depend
on my paying due Regard to your Instructions Advice or
Recommendation, & by Capt Love whose Ship will I am told
be loaded & ready to return to England in about a Month I
shall communicate to you all that occurs to me on reading
your several Letters & whatever else I may then think it my
Duty to write to you. I shall according to your Desire pro-
vide for the Rev^d M^r Love who seems. I think to be a decent
well behaved Man. I wish he may preach as well as he looks
& pronounce English a little better than the Generality of our
Scotch Clergymen who hold at present so many of the Bene-
fices in the Province that near half the Inhabitants have some
Room for saying they are obliged to pay their Minister for
preaching to them in an unknown Tongue. It would be well
therefore if you could now send us in a few from the English