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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1761-1771
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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 379

 

 

would answer no End for us to attend on the Day we had
advertized for its Sale ; so circumstanced & unprepared to
give the People who might apply satisfactory Information
what Step could we take but to call on Mr Calvert either to

give under his I land what he had said in Conversation with

Mr Dulany or to let us know what Claim he pretended to
have so that we might consider how to answer the People on
that head against the Day of Sale & when we found by his
Letter that he was so far from being willing to give Us the
Answer we wanted & had Reason to expect we could not pro-
ceed to the Sale with the least Probability of selling the Man-
nour & therefore put it off till we could procure from England
the Settlements which were said to have been made tho
nobody here was acquainted with the nature or whole Design
of them. As you will before this comes to hand have received
a joint Letter from the Commissioners with a State or propo-
sition drawn up by Mr Dulany I need not now tell you that
the Claim Mr Calvert setts up is of such a nature that he
cannot at present take any legal Steps to support it. 'Twill be
time enough for me or my Representative says he to sue for
the Mannour in case of His Ldp's dying without a Male Heir
& this Suggestion alone will be still sufficient to hurt if not to
prevent the Sale tho in Obedience to His Ldps Orders the
Commissioners have agreed to advertize it again putting off
however the Day of Sale to the Beginning of June by which
time an answer might probably be received to our joint Letter.
The Surveyors being now employed in surveying & platting
several of the other Mannours We propose to advertize them
also successively for Sale as soon as possible. As neither Mr
Jordan nor I can pretend to understand the power & opera-
tion of Settlements or the Niceties of Law so well as our
Associate in the Commission we must with regard to such
Matters depend much upon him & as many of the Purchasers
will desire an Assurance from him that a Conveyance made
by Virtue of His Ldps Commission to us will be a good &
. effectual Bar for ever to all Persons whatever It is quite neces-
sary that Mr Dulany be fully satisfied so that he may not hesi-
tate to give a clear Opinion otherwise the Mannours will not
I am afraid sell at a price equal to their Value & to His Ldps
Expectations. As you speak of the Information which had
been given His Ldp with respect to Talbot Mannour as if
other Persons had been more attentive to His Interests &
ready to give Information of His Agents Neglect than any of
His Ldps Officers who are in Duty bound to do so I could
not help observing to My Lord that I had mentioned the
Affair to him & so long ago as the 10th of July 1765 given Mr
Calvert a more particular Account of the Measures taken by

Letter Bk. IV

 

 

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