62 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. IV

[Sharpe to Baltimore.]

To Lord Baltimore. The 21^st of June 1762
My Lord
Having transmitted to M^r Calvert to be laid before Your
Lordship Journalls of the Proceedings of the two Houses of
Assembly during the late Session & Copies of the several
publick Acts to which on behalf of your Ldp I gave my
Assent, It only remains for me to express my hopes to Your
Ldp that the part I have acted & the Steps I have taken will
meet with Your Ldp's Approbation. Inclosed I take the
Liberty to send Your Ldp a Petition which was lately pre-
sented to me by a Person who lives about two Miles from
Annapolis & is desirous to take up a small Tract of vacant
Land which lies contiguous to his Plantation but by reason of
a general Instruction recorded in the Land Office forbidding
the Judges to grant Warrant or Patent for any Land lying
within five Miles of this Town without a special Order he
cannot accomplish his Wishes. As the Vacancy is so small in
quantity & the Land really very poor I imagine it would be
for Your Ldp's Interest to permit the Agent to dispose of it.
By the Captain who charges himself with this I have sent
Your Ldp a Pipe of the best Wine I have been for some time
Master of & also a Dozen Hams, & by one Capt Ayres who
is also just about to sail I will send your Ldp another Dozen
which I hope will prove good. Having nothing worthy your
Ldp's Notice at this time to communicate I shall only add that
I am with the greatest Respect
Your Ldps most humble & faithful serv^t

Copy.

[Sharpe to Amherst]

Sir: Inclosed I send your Excellency a Copy of a Letter
which I received a few Days ago from a person who lives in
the Western part of this Province about fifteen miles from
Fort Cumberland. Not knowing but the Cherokees as I am
told was once the case may take offence at their Enemies
being supplied with Provisions & Necessaries by our Frontier
Inhabitants while going to the Cherokee Country with hostile
Intentions & may revenge themselves on such of our People
I should not take the Liberty till I could know your Excel-
lency's Desire to give Mr. Cresap any Instructions relative to
the Subject on which he writes to me. Had I power to order
payment for what such Indians may on their passage thro this
Province be furnished with, but in fact I have no such power
& have very little reason to think the Assembly would satisfy
Mr. Cresap or any other person who might supply them with