Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 311

Instruction at all obligatory on them as one Branch of the

Legislature however I may be bound by it & therefore if this
Bill had not been also drop't in the Lower House on the same
pretence as the other I should in Obedience to your Ldp's
Instruction have rejected it & that I expect will be the Case
at the next Session in Oct^r or November. M^r Key your Ldp's
Attorney Gen^l having died lately after a short Indisposition I
have thereupon taken the liberty to appoint M^r Robert Golds-
borough in his stead being induced thereto by an opinion that
next to M^r Holliday who is about to decline the practice he is
the most able & promising Lawyer at this time in the pro-
vince I hope therefore your Ldp will approve of the Nomina-
tion & confirm him in the Office.

Letter Bk. IV

[Commissioners of Customs to Sharpe.]
Sir
Having by the inclosed to M^r Randolph Surveyor General
of the Western middle district on the Continent of America
acquainted him, that we have in pursuance of a Warrant from
the Treasury, issued our Deputation to Andrew Bagg Esquire
to be Comptroller of the Customs at Pocomoke in Maryland
in the Room of John Yeates deceased, And He having given
Security here, We desire the favour of you in case of M^r
Randolph's absence to admit him to his Duty upon his taking
the Oaths enjoined by Law, and to grant him a Certificate
thereof to be transmitted to us. We are
Sir
Your most humble Servants
Edw^d Hooper
J. Frederick
Custom house London H. Searles
May the 30^th 1766 Mead
Governor of Maryland.

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[Mason and Dixon to Sharpe.]

S^r Miles

We have continued the Line 165, which reaches to the Foot
of Savage-Mountain, one of the Ridges of the Allegany Moun-
tains: Here we set up the Sector (yesterday,) and intend to
begin to return when we have finish'd our observations.
If the Weather proves favorable we expect to be down with
the Visto in the true Parallel, about the beginning of October:
But when we come near the River Susquehannah, shall
acquaint you with the Time more certain.
At 159 3/4 Miles, by the Estimation of some who live near

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