178 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. IV

was determined to proceed on His Expedition unless General
Gage should send him positive Orders to desist & indeed it
is generally thought that the giving these Miscreants peace
before they have been punished for their late Depredations is
not the most politic or prudent measure that could be taken
at a time when such Bodies of Troops were in motion &
almost ready to enter their Country. You will see in the
inclosed Gazette some Accounts of Murders lately committed
by parties of those Indians both on the Borders of Virginia &
Pennsylvania but it is with pleasure I inform you that nothing
of the kind has happened on our Frontiers & as the winter is
now approaching & so large a Body of Men at Pittsburg
ready to advance against the Indian Towns I flatter Myself
our People will not now be troubled by them. I am with &c.

Original.

[Lord Glencairn to Sharpe.]

My Dear Governor
I wo'ld not have troubled you at this time had I not been
much solicited by a friend and neibour of mine to recomend
one M^r Ivenes M'Lachlan who is a .merch^t is in your Gov-
erment to be made a Sherrife or any other office of Equal
value to it, the Gentleman who recomends him ashures me
he is fit for the imployment, and says he will answer for his
honesty, if it lays in your way to serve him, your dowing it
will be ading to the obligations I allready lay under to you.
I can write you no news as I have not been twenty miles
from my own house this twelve months. I now stay at home
that my sons may have the more money to spend abroad.
Lord Kilmaws has been in france above a year, the other
two are at the Colage of S^t Andrew. I expect litle for any of
my family from the Goverment so shall give them good edu-
cation and the little pitance I can give them I hope they
will make their way too in the world in a gentile maner.
I hope the wine I made M^r Alex^r Maxwell send you some
time agoe was good. Clarat for some years has been so dear
that most people who have not large estats keepe but litle of
it in their houses, most people have .got into drinking port, I
join with the multitude; tho I must own to you I'm not fond
of it and dont make a practice of drinking it at my own house.
I have Just now with me some Ladys of your acquaintance,
who with my wife beg you will accept of their compliments
and best wishes, if I can serve you in any thing you will
oblige me by laying your comands on him who with great
sincerity is My Dear Gov^r
Y^r most obedient
ffin: 9^th humble servant
Oct^r 1764 Glencairn