47² Correspondence of Gov. Horatio Sharpe, 1754-1765.

In order thereto, M^r W^m Gouldsborough by you is of the
Council, M^r Calvert as you offer'd him in the Land office,
M^r Stuart's remove out the office has been Occasion'd by
his being run hard by Adversaries chalenging their own
Merrit ag' him they said had none, M^r Bladen set up M^r
Tasker Jun^r for Deputy Sec^y ag^t M^r Bordley y^r Recomendⁿ
from you whom I had accepted of & My Lord approved, by
Letters from the Province & Merch^ts have joyn'd with M^r
Bladen they represented him in so disagreeable obnoxious a
manner to my Lord that I was forced to give him up as Sec^y
however Resolv'd their Policy shou^d not take place as to M^r
Tasker Jun^r I therefore started M^r Plater for Sec^y he was so

undeniable a good man they could make no Objection ag^t

him therefore he has the appointment, and in Order that
M^r Stuart shou^d be easy as they could make no Alligation
of Wrong ag^t him I therefore stood his friend & gain'd the
Proprietor's Consent as you had not desired his Removal,
however if removed, M^r Tasker Jun^r in his place of the Land
Office & he to succeed M^r Tasker Naval Officer of Annapolis,
M^r Bladen hesitated he Question'd whether his Nephew
wou'd accept the Remove I told him that was not with me,
if he does'nt then M^r Stuart is where he was. Here is one
M^r Harrison here whom M^r Bladen set up to succeed M^r
Plater at Patuxent the Objection with me was not to give
up M^r Bordley Quit & thinking it unjust to abandon the
Attor^y. General I therefore Plan'd in Regard to them both
as p^r Instruction, w^h My Lord approved of with^t Hesitation
& I hope will show M^r Bordley his Lord^ps inclinations to-
wards him & a way if can be contrived to Defeat his Ad-
versaries & to his gaining favour by your Recomendation.
You will observe by Instⁿ M^r Bordley was Naval Officer
with' Limitation & had been so, had his Adversaries Quit'd
him. I therefore form'd the last Instⁿ to nominate him as
of Service to My Lord, in case M^r Darnell could otherways
be provided for—the Duke of New Castle is run hard in the
Political Warehouse in Britain & in Minature I with Mary-
land—By their return to you two vacancy's are in the Coun-
cil, for my part am at a Loss who to put in, & those who
have been recommend' here by others as they might be
disagreeable to you My Lord has Consented ag^t further
promotion therein, until he hears from you in relation there-
to. M^r Lloyd who always writes very well & obligingly of
you requests such favour for M^r Charles Goldsborough, he
has & is an opponent I observe to My Lord, if he can be
brought off to Act reasonably he is by Character a Man of
Abilities for such Station; if you approve, he has also wrote