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His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State, Informing You of
the King's having Declared War against Spain ; and by the
Declaration You will see the Just and Indispensible Reasons
that obliged His Majesty to take that measure.
If Your Assembly before the Confirmation of this News
were any ways backward in Granting the Requisitions made
by His Majesty for the Services of the Ensuing Campaign, I
am persuaded they will now most Chearfully and readily
Exert themselves in fully Complying with the King's orders,
that His Majesty may be Enabled to prosecute, with the
utmost Vigor a War, wherein the Honor of His Crown, the
Welfare of His Subjects, and the prosperity of His Kingdoms
are so nearly concerned.
I am, with great Regard,
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble Servant
Jeff: Amherst
His Excellency Governor Sharpe.
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[Sharpe to Amherst.]
To Sir Jeffery Amherst. Annapolis the 7th of April 1762.
Sir
I am just favoured with Your Excellency's Letter of the 21st
ult & also with another dated the 28th in which you were
pleased to communicate to me the very agreeable Intelligence
you had received of the Reduction of Martinico with only a
very small Loss of His Majesty's Troops on which most happy
& important Event I most heartily congratulate Your Excel-
lency. Having passed a Vote for raising & supporting during
one Year four hundred Provincials & for raising the number
of Recruits demanded of this Province towards compleating
the Regular Regiments our Lower House of Assembly has
been more than a Fortnight framing a Bill for granting the
Money thought necessary for those purposes ; which however
most of them by what I can learn seem absolutely averse to
raising at all, unless the Upper House will accept a Bill which
they have already rejected nine times ; nevertheless as the Bill
has for these two Days been the Subject of Debate in the
Lower House I am not yet entirely without hopes that they will
drop their Scheme & agree to raise the Supplies wanted by
continuing the Taxes which were imposed to raise the Sum
that was last granted here for the King's Service the Act by
which those Taxes were laid being to expire next Summer, if
I find that Nothing more is to be done I shall then press the
Assembly to appropriate a Sum of Money for furnishing the
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