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

his Salary to the 10^th of Oct^r £142-10, To Ditto the East
shore £108:2:10 Charg'd with' Names, the first was to
himself. If you can provide for M^r D— at Patuxent or R.
Roll-keeper either scituation will make Room for M^r Bordley
to accept I hope of being Attor^y General with something
Annex'd to it, tho' this is Subject to M^r Plater's Acceptance
of My offer to be my Deputy, a Person I am not so fond of
having as I was, he is old & not properly Qualified to carry
into execution the business of my office with me, M^r Bordley
is & from your recommendation I approve of him. if M^r
Plater makes Doubt of my Prop[os]als press not the matter
on him, let him remain as he is at Patuxent. If you find the
Rent R. keeper suitable for M^r D. then My office is at
Liberty to offer others; I cannot think my Lord wo^d Object
to M^r Bordley being My Deputy on his Acceptance of the
Attorney General's Place & continuing in the Lower House
as his Remove can be to the Upper House in due time; his
Lord^p being only prejudiced ag' him by wrong representa-
tions of others who have a long time been Accostom'd to Rule
the Roast to their own Interest if you think it proper to
appoint him as I here mention his Acceptance being under
the Conditions I offer for my Deputy Noted in my Publick
Letter, I think you may venture to do it, by representing to
My Lord the Absolute necessity of his Affairs required a
Person of Abbilites in Office as his Attor^y General, I'll sup-
port the appointment & do think there is no doubt of carrying
it ag^t all opposers, tis' absolutely for my Lord's Advantage,
you must lose no time therein: If you approve not of that
measure. T desire y^r recommendation may fall on some
Person at the Council Board not of or intierly of the Old
Stamp of Politicks at the Board, as to M^r C— I have a real
value for him but can't think him proper, he is very unknow-
ing & link'd with disagreeable People, M^r P.— must be a
weak man, the Attor^y writes me word he has inform'd him
of all y^r Discourse by Proposition on the Subject of Mine &
your offer as Deputy Sec^y M^r Attor^y deseirs to succeed
thereto with a place at the Council, as that is a matter can't
be under any Notion as I can form proper I have refrain'd
my answer to his Letter, otherways than in My Posⁿ these
are matters that bring you under great & Nice Tryall. God
send you good Deliverance, I as of y^r Counsel will do the
best for you as I have rec^d & shall a just with M^r Jenings
to the time of his being out of the Office w^h is to the date of
appointment by my last Letter that is when you Ordered it
to take place it will be proper for me to know thereof. If
M^r P— refuses w^h I hope he will, on a New Person being