Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 567

[Baltimore to Sharpe.]

Nurnberg 22^d 1770
Sir
I sincerely hope that you are in perfect health & should not
have omitted so long writing you a few Lines, but that I have
had nothing material to acquaint you with. I understood
that there was some Land whether contiguous to you or not I
don't recollect which you were desirous of. I desired your
Brother to inform Me where that Land was, but have not yet
heard from him thereon, which I have expected, for I can
assure you Sir with the utmost Sincerity that the well merited
Esteem & Consideration I ever had & shall retain for you
will Make Me at all times wish to do anything to serve you.
I desire then if you please that you will let Me hear from you
on this Business & that you will Continue to Me your Friend-
ship & Esteem who am Sir with great Respect
Your most obliged Friend
& humble Servant
Hor^o Sharpe Esq^r F Baltimore
in Maryland.

Copy.

[Sharpe to Baltimore.]

Copy of a Letter to Lord Baltimore Dated 5^th June 1771
transmitted under Cover to M^r O Hanbury
My Lord
I received not long ago the Letter your Ldp did me the
honour to write last year from Nurnberg but as the Month
was omitted I dont know how long the Letter had been on
its Way. Your Ldp will now however be pleased to accept
my Thanks for it & my best Wishes for the Continuance of
your Health of which I with pleasure hear you have for some
time enjoyed a pretty good share. In answer to that part of
your Ldps Letter where you say that you understand there
was some Land which I was desirous of but that you had not
been informed where it lay I must beg leave to put your Ldp
in mind that in Consequence of your Ldps Inclinations to
reserve more Lands in the Province by Way of Manours a
Reserve was a few years ago laid on a large Tract 96610
Acres lying just beyond Fort Cumberland & extending from
Potowmack to the Dividing Line Northward & Westward so
far as to include the Eastern Ridges of the Alegany Moun-
tains, the Reason given for laying a Reserve on so large a
Tract was that the good Land did not lye contiguous but in
parcels interspersed with a good deal of hilly broken &
barren Land & that it might be at your Ldps Choice to have

Letter Bk. V