Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 419

[Hamersley to Sharpe.]

Serj^ts Inn, London 24^th Aug^st 1767.
Hon^d S^r
In my Letter of the 8^th of April last, I acquainted your
Excellency with an Application made to Lord Baltimore by
M^r Stewart, the Contractor for the Transportation of Convicts,
for the Repeale of the Quarentine Act. I am now further to
Inform your Excellency, That this Gentleman has within these
few Days Laid the Matter before the Treasury by a Petition
of which the Enclosed is a Copy, and they have referred it to
the King in Council where it now lyes. I should hope noth-
ing will be done upon it till November, and then I shall exert
all my Endeavours, in concert with the Agent for Virginia in
support of the Law, the Expediency of which I hear has been
too fatally Proved by a recent Instance.
M^r Garth and the Gentlemen in the Trade will I hope like-
wise Contribute their Assistance and perhaps I may by that
time be favoured with a Line by your Excellency upon the
Subject I am

S^r
Yo^r Excellencys
Most Obed^t Hble Serv^t
Hugh Hamersley.

Original.

[Sharpe to Baltimore.]

To Lord Baltimore. Annapolis the 3^d Sept^r 1767.
My Lord
I had a few Days ago the pleasure to receive Your Ldp's
Favour of the 4^th of June but not the Box therein mentioned
which I apprehend is left in M^r Andersons Compting House
for Capt Montgomerie who brought me the Letter told Me
that he remembered to have seen a Box directed to Me but
that he could not find it on board, I am in hopes however to
receive it by Captain Banning who was it seems to sail from
London about the Middle of June & shall not fail to deliver
Your Ldps packet to M^r Alien as soon as it comes to my
hand. I need not I hope use many Words to convince Your
Ldp that I retain the most grateful Sense of All Your Ldps
Favours & I beg Your Ldps Acceptance of my thankful
Acknowledgments for the fresh Token of Your Ldp's Regard
contained in the Box you have been pleased to direct for me.
Having wrote to Governor Penn in Consequence of Your
Ldps Intimation I expect he will by the next Post communi-
cate to me the Answer he has given the Secretary of State to
his Letter of Enquiry & will transmit the same to Your Ldp

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