Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 79

[Sharpe to Egremont.]

To the Earl of Egremont. Ann^s 15^th Oct^r 1762
My Lord
Be pleased to accept my Acknowledgments for the Letter
Your Lordship did me the honour to favour me with the 10^th
of June last & for the very pleasing Assurance therein given
me that His Majesty is well satisfied of my Zeal for His Ser-
vice & that however he may be displeased at the shameful
Inaction of this Province during the War His Majesty is per-
suaded that I have not been wanting in my Endeavours to
incite the General Assembly to recommend themselves & the
Province to their Sovereign's favourable opinion by a dutiful
Compliance with His repeated Requisitions. Sorry that Occa-
sion should have been given for such a Letter as Your Ldp's
I shall agreable to my Duty & Your Ldp's Directions take the
first Opportunity of communicating to the Assembly His Maj-
esty's Sentiments relative to their Conduct as expressed in
that Letter & am with the greatest Respect Y^r Ldps &c.

Letter Bk. III

[Sharpe to Amherst.]

To Sir Jeffery Amherst. Annapolis 31^st Oct^r 1762.
Sir
I return your Excellency Thanks for Your Favour of the
13^th Inst wherein you were pleased to communicate to me the
very agreable Intelligence you had received from S^l Johns by
a Letter from Col^o Amherst on whose successful operations
in recovering that place & making the Enemy's Garrison
Prisoners of War I most heartily congratulate Your Excel-
lency & Him & am &c.

Letter Bk. III

[Sharpe to Calvert.]

Copy of 116^th Letter to M^r Calvert Dated Annapolis 3^d
Novem^r 1762 transmitted by Capt Ferguson of the
Dundonald.
Sir
In my Letter dated the 25^th Sept^r of which I also sent a
Duplicate I informed you that at the pressing Instances of the
Pennsylvania Commissioners the Surveyors had been ordered
to proceed once more to the Middle Point of the Line that
was run from Fenwix's Island & thence to run up the penin-
sula another Line in such a Direction as according to the last
Calculation made at Newcastle by the Commissioners would
be the true Tangent required. In pursuance of the Instruc-
tions which were given them the Surveyors went down & run

Letter Bk IV.