64 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

them to have waved the matter in Dispute with the upper
House, and not to have obstinately persisted in offering for
their Concurrence the same Bill of Supply, which the Assembly
knew the Governor and Upper House had so good Reason to
reject.
Tho' there is little room to expect a Change in Persons,
who seem so determined to adhere to their own Opinion, His
Majesty has judged it proper to direct me to express His
Sentiments on the Conduct of the Assembly of your Province,
which you will make known to them in the manner you shall
judge most expedient for The King's Service, in order that
They may not deceive Themselves by supposing that their
Behaviour is not seen here in It's true Light.
I am with great Truth and Regard,
Sir
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Egremont

Letter Bk. IV

[Sharpe to Calvert.]

Copy of 112^th Letter to M^r Calvert Dated Annapolis 15^th Aug^st
1762. transmitted by the Montgomery 'Capt Buchanan
Duplicate by the Lawson Capt Rowan
Sir
Since I received Your Letter dated the 31^st of April last I
have applied to M^r Tasker the late Lord Proprietary's Agent
& Receiver Gen^l desiring him to inform me how when & by
whose Directions Possession was taken on His Ldp's behalf
of the Ten thousand Acres of Land in Baltimore County which
had been before in possession of M^r Tho^s Brerewood. In
answer to my Enquiry M^r Tasker told me that having heard
the late Lord Baltimore when he was in the Province say that
altho old M^r Brerewood was in possession of that Land neither
that Gentleman nor those he claimed under had any Right to
it. He M^r Tasker as His Ldp's Agent upon the Death of old
M^r Brerewood (who died in the year 1746) by Advice of the
then Lieut' Governor gave Instructions to the Person who
was at time Steward of His Ldp's Mannour called Gunpowder
Mannour in Baltimore County to signify to the several Per-
sons who had settled on the abovementioned Land that if
they chose to apply for them he would grant them Leases for
the Lands they had respectively settled on which Leases upon
their making such Application were accordingly granted &
they as Tenants to the Lord Proprietary continued ever since
to pay their Rents to His Ldp's Receiver General agreable to
the Conditions of such Leases. The Land was it seems surveyed