324 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. IV

delivered to Me & M^r Dulany in Baltimore County I could
not then write either to your Ldp or M^r Hamersley on the
Subject of your Ldp's Instruction & his Letter bearing Date
the 15^th of May. Since that time I have had some Conversa-
tion with M^r Dulany on the Subject & shall by this Convey-
ance communicate to M^r Hamersley the Substance thereof &
the Result. I wish My Lord I could give a Satisfactory
Answer to the question M^r Hamersley asks me in Consequence
of your Ldps Directions but really I do not know where any
Burthen which might be taken off the Secretary's Office can
be more properly placed: for as that of Commissary General
is a Judicial Office, not held by Deputation nor supposed to
be of equal Value while it requires constant Attendance It
could not be laid on That which your Ldp knows is already
burthened with the payment of one hundred Pounds & indeed
when M^r Dulany was himself Commissary he thought it hard
the Office (being Judicial) should be burthened at all: Was
not the Land Office held by Two the Burthen on that might
be raised & as your Ldp is not obliged to grant Lands but
on your own Terms no one could complain if the Fees were
something higher than in the Offices to which People are
compelled to apply, as the Commissarys for Instance: The
Agents -Income has indeed of late years been very consider-
able but as the Sale of Vacant Land will now constantly lessen
& the Mannours are to be immediately disposed of, that Office
will become much less lucrative, & if upon Col Lloyds resign-
ing or being removed the Office was divided between Two
(which however I would by no means advise) It would scarcely
bear any Burthen, nor do I suppose Col^o Lloyd if he continues
to act as sole Agent will agree to any Additional Incumbrance
& as to the other Offices little more than a genteel Support
to those that enjoy them. I must therefore submit the Matter
to your Ldps Consideration & pleasure being myself unable
to point out as Matters are at present circumstanced how any
Deficiencies are to be made good unless some or other of the
Principal Offices I have mentioned should be vacated. Being
apprehensive if I should continue here this Month that the
extreme Heat would as it did last year bring on me the Ague
& Fever I am going to Fred^k County where the Air is more
temperate & shall during my stay there view & make myself
acquainted with the Value of the two Mannours on Monoccasy
& Conegocheig which we shall I suppose soon advertise for
Sale. On the 8^th of next Month we are to put up to Sale
some detached parcels or Tracts of Land held under Lease
from your Ldp in this County & the 28^th we have appointed
for the sale of your Ldp's Mannour in Queen Anns County.
We are also the Beginning of next Month to be again