Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 171

[Sharpe to Board of Trade.]

To The Lords of Trade. Annapolis I^st 1764.
My Lds.
In Obedience to Your Ldps Requisition signified to me by
one of your Letters dated the 11^th of May last wherein was
inclosed a Copy of an Address from the House of Commons
to His Majesty respecting the Bills of Credit which have been
created & issued in the several British Colonies & Plantations
in America, I now transmit Your Lordships a particular
Account of the Bills of Credit that have been issued in this
Province which I hope will be satisfactory & am &c.

Letter Bk. III

[Sharpe to Baltimore.]

Copy of a Letter to Lord Baltimore. Annapolis 20^th Aug^st
1764.
My Lord
Mr. Calvert having in the last Letters I had the Satisfaction
to receive from him intimated to me that he hoped to have
the pleasure of seeing your Ldp in England about next
Michaelmas I now do myself the honour to recommence a
Correspondence which hath been for some time dropt upon a
Supposition that my Packets could not be easily transmitted
to you & that as I regularly communicated to M^r Calvert an
Account of every thing material that occurred or was trans-
acted here he would from time to time as opportunities offered
advise Your Ldp thereof. Presuming that he has or will do
so upon your Ldp's Return to England I forbear troubling
your Ldp with a long Letter on Business at this time, but
embrace the Opportunity to make my Acknowledgments for
the two Letters your Ldp did me the honour to write to me
the 15^th of Decem^r & 26^th of Jan^y last, both which I had lately
the pleasure to receive. The kind Terms in which your Ldp
was therein pleased to express your Approbation of my Con-
duct & of my Endeavours to serve your Ldp & the People
over whom I preside give me the highest Satisfaction & mani-
fest your Ldps sincere Regard for & Anxiety to promote the
happiness of your Tenants, to advance which hath as I hope
your Ldp is persuaded been also my constant Study at the
same time that I acted up to the Duty I owe your Ldp: & if
the Affairs of Government have not been carried on with as
much harmony as could have been wished I will venture to
affirm that the Evil has been owing to the Malevolence &
disingenuous Behaviour of some who love to fish in none but
troubled Waters rather than to any Step I have taken since I
had the honour to bear your Ldp's Commission. As The

Letter Bk. IV