86 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. IV

veyors Minutes to the 25^th of Oct^r when they broke off from
the Line they had been ordered to run up the peninsula, the
Pennsylvania Commissioners having since that time insisted on
the Lines being continued up farther till it should have devi-
ated at least two feet in every mile reckoning from the Middle
Post, the Surveyors met at the 26 mile Post the 30^th of last
Month according to a proposal or rather Appointment which
the Penns^a Commissioners had sent us but You will see by the
inclosed Copy of the Surveyors Minute that they could not do
any thing at that time & whether we shall give them any
farther Instructions at our meeting the 29^th of this Month at
Newcastle I cannot tell as I presume we are not impowered by
the Commission bearing Date the 30^th of April 1761 to do any
Business after the 30^th of this Month, nevertheless if the Rest
of the Commissioners shall think it right for us to let the Sur-
veyors continue the Line & proceed on a Presumption that a
Commission or proper powers will soon reach us I shall not
object thereto as in a postscript to your Letter dated the 24^th
of April last you say that " With respect to prolongation of
time for carrying into Execution the Boundary Lines you have
now His Ldp's Consent to what Period of Time you &
Governor Hamilton of Penns^a shall think most fitting to con-
tinue." Having about two months ago received a Letter from
the Earl of Egremont with the Preliminary Articles of Peace I
caused a Cessation of Hostilities to be forthwith proclaimed in
this province agreable to His Majesty's pleasure signified to
me & am now daily expecting to receive Orders for proclaim-
ing Peace, for by a Person who came hither last Sunday from
New York we are told that a Packett was just arrived there
which brought an Account that the Definitive Treaty was
signed the Beginning of last February on which happy Event
so much to His Majesty's Glory & the Interest of His Subjects
I most heartily congratulate you. It gives me much pleasure
to find by your Letter that His Ldp was well at Vienna the
Beginning of the Winter, I most sincerely wish he may long
continue to enjoy so good a State of Health & that every
thing may contribute to render his Tour agreable to him. It
was not till lately that I heard of the Mistake which Capt
Ayres's People had made in taking out of the Store of the
Naval Office on Potuxent a Cask of Cheese which had been
lodged there for one M^r Mason instead of the Cask of Hams
which had been sent thither by my order to be did to Capt
Ayres for you, the Person to whose Care it had been recom-
mended was ashamed to advise me of the Blunder that had
been committed but I am told that as soon as it was discovered
he put the Cask of Hams on board some other Ship so I
suppose they have been before this time delivered to your
order. I have just received by a Vessel from Madeira three