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did not conceive the Censure expressed in Your Ldp's Letter
applicable to themselves since they had several times Voted
Supplies & framed Bills in Consequence of such Votes. After
the Upper House had returned with a Negative the Bill which
in pursuance of the above mentioned Vote had been offered
to them this Session, a Motion was made in the Lower House
for appropriating to the purposes of Raising & Supporting
300 Provincials & furnishing our quota of Recruits a Sum of
Money which is already in our Treasury but the same
Majority which had insisted on the other Bill vehemently
opposed this proposal nor would they even consent to the
appropriation of a small Sum towards Raising Recruits for
the Regulars tho there was more than enough for that use
left unexpended of the Money which was in 1756 raised here
by Virtue of an Act then made for His Majesty's Service ;
Being convinced by such their Conduct that it would answer
no good End to keep them any longer sitting I yesterday in
Compliance with their Request put an End to the Session &
informed His Majesty's General on this Continent of my
having failed in my Endeavours to procure him Assistance
from this Province & indeed I am afraid no farther Assistance
will be given by our Assembly to His Majesty's Generals
during this War if it is left to their option either to contribute
or not. Hoping Your Ldp will not doubt but I have done
every thing in my power to induce the Assembly to act a
different Part & to answer His Majesty's Expectations I beg
leave to conclude with assuring Your Ldp that it would give
me the most sensible pleasure to find myself on any occasion
able to promote His Majesty's Service & that I am with the
utmost Respect &c.
[Sharpe to Amherst.]
To Sir Jeffery Amherst the 25th of April 1762.
Sir
I now do myself the honour to acknowledge my Receipt of
the two Letters Your Excellency was pleased to favour me
with the 2d & 7th of this Month but am at the same time sorry
to be under the necessity of informing you that the General
Assembly of this Province broke up yesterday without having
granted any Supplies for the King's Service or in any respect
whatever complied with His Majesty's Requisitions communi-
cated to me by the Letters I had last Feby the honour to
receive from Your Excellency & the Earl of Egremont.
Having soon after they met passed a Vote for Levying
Cloathing & paying during the Space of one year 400 Provin-
cials & for Raising the Number of Recruits demanded as our
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