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P. S. Your Ldp will find inclosed in a blank Cover Seconds
of the three Bills of Excha. Firsts of which were remitted in
my Letter of the 3^d Inst.

[Sharpe to Baltimore.]

To Lord Baltimore. Annapolis 12^th Sept^r 1767.
My Ld
As another Ship for London hath just called here to Clear
out I embrace the Opportunity to remit Your Ldp seconds of
the Bills of Excha Firsts of which I inclosed in my Letter to
Your Ldp of the 10^th Inst. Tis with pleasure too I inform
Your Ldp that I had last Night the satisfaction to receive by
Capt Banning the Box containing Your Ldps packet for M^r
Alien w^ch I sent him immediately, also the Swords & Plate
Your Ldp hath been now pleased to present me with, & for
which I beg leave to repeat my grateful Acknowledgments,
my Behaviour on all occasions will I flatter myself shew that
Your Ldps Favours have made proper Impressions on my
Mind & how highly they are & ever will be estimated by
Your Ldps obliged & devoted humb^l serv^t
P. S. Just as I was subscribing the above Lett^r M^r Dan^l
Stevenson who bo^t part of Collington Mannour brought a Sett
of Excha for £15 8 9 1/4 to compleat his Deposit the first of
w^ch Sett therefore I now remit inclosed in a separate Cover.

Letter Bk. V

[Sharpe to Shelburne.]

To Lord Shelburne. Annapolis 20^th Sep^r 1767.
My Lord
M^r Macleane your Lordships Secretary having in a Letter
of the 26^th of May last transmitted me a Copy of His Majesty's
Pardon for one Thomas Sawyer a Convict from Gloucester
who had been transported to this Province, & having also
recommended it to me in Your Ldps Name to use my good
Offices in the Mans Behalf so that he might be set at liberty
& sent back to England I trouble Your Ldp with this to
inform you that on my speaking to the Factors here for
Mess^rs Sedgley & Co. in Bristol in whose Ship the said
Sawyer had been transported hither they informed me that
they would send him back again to Bristol by the first oppor-
tunity & they have since done so.

Letter Bk. III