80 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

LetterBk.IV

up another Line for the Distance of 26 Miles when discover-
ing by an Offsett made from the 25 Mile Post in the Line
they had before run that in the Distance of five Miles the
Line they were running had deflected or deviated Eastward
(if the other Line is straight) more than ten feet they broke
up & indeed to have continued the Line after such a Dis-
covery would probably have answered no other End than to
enhance the Expence since it is likely that the farther the Line
had been extended the more it would have deviated till per-
haps it may have intersected the Line that was last run up to
the Radius. That His Ldp & you may se'e how the Surveyors
proceeded I shall inclose a Copy of their Minutes continued
on from those which I have already transmitted, & as the Sur-
veyors themselves now doubt whether it is possible to run a
Line for many Miles truly straight at least with such Instru-
ments as they have hitherto tried perhaps the Proprietors of
Penns^a as well as His Ldp may be of opinion that it will be
better to establish as a Boundary the Line already run up the
Peninsula tho it is not the Tangent required than at a vast
Expence to make farther Experiments & Attempts to describe
such a Tangent Line. Having in my Letter of the 25^th Sept^r
communicated to you at large my Sentiments with regard to
this Business which you will be. pleased to lay before His Ldp
& nothing worthy Notice having since occurred here I shall
only add that I am with great Regard &c —

Letter Bk. III

[Sharpe to Johnson.]

To Sir William Johnson. Annapolis the 25^th of Nov^r 1762
Sir
Governor Hamilton having lately sent me an Extract of a
Speech that was made to him by the Six Nations at the Lan-
caster Treaty last Summer by which I observe they desire one
Daniel Cresap of this Province may be ordered to keep a
Store House on Potowmack near the Road their Warriors
pass on their Expeditions against the Southern Indians I take
the Liberty to send you a Copy of the Extract & to desire
Your opinion of their Intention in making such Application ;
for if they ask no more than that Dan^l Cresap may be per-
mitted to trade with & sell their parties as they shall pass &
repass such Articles as they may want he is at liberty to do so
without any special Lycence from me there being no Law to
restrain such Trade but if what they want is that the above-
mentioned Person may be impowered to supply their Parties
gratis or at the Expence of the Province with such Goods as
they may apply for I cannot take upon myself to give him
Orders to that Effect & am much afraid that the Assembly,