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making any purchase, if upon Enquiry you find that Fact was
as he represents it be pleased to inform me who are at present
in Possession of the Land and how many Acres the Tract is
supposed to contain.
I am Gentlemen
Your most humble Servant
Hor^o Sharpe
To Col^o Henry Ennalls and
Charles Dickinson Esq^r in Dorchester
County.

M^r Ogden the Bearer hereof being appointed by Sir William
Johnson to Conduct eleven Indians from the Six Nations to
Dorchester and Somerset Counties in this Province in order
to confer with the Indians that reside on Choptank and Nanti-
coke and to invite them to remove to Otsiningo I earnestly
recommend it to all Officers and other Persons within this
Province to permit the said eleven Indians with their Con-
ductor to pass and repass freely thro' this Province also to
supply them with such Provisions as they may want for which
they are to produce their Accounts to the Assembly at the
next Session. 13^th July 1767.
Hor^o Sharpe.

The Indians having represented that they have travelled a
great way and are in want of many Necessaries; It is the
Advice of this Board that they be f urnish'd with such Articles
as are absolutely necessary for them, In Consequence thereof
His Excellency was pleased to direct M^r Lancelot Jacques to
supply them therewith which he did accordingly as appears by
the following Account

Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Annapolis 13^th July 1767
Bo^t of Lancelot Jacques for the use of several
Indians as follows Viz.

Lib. C. B.
No. 20
p. 3

James I Castor Hat 15s/3 1/2 yds I. Linnen 8/9

£1

.. 3..

9

George. 3 1/2 y^ds I. Linnen 8/9. 1 Match Co: Blan-"

kett 12/9-1/4 y^ds blue half thick 4/6. 1

Knife 1/2

1

.. 7..

2

Sam. 3 1/2 y^ds I: Linnen 8/9 i Match Co. Blankett'

12/9'

1

.. I..

6

John Parish. 3 1/2 y^ds I. Linnen 8/9 15/8 y^ds half]

thick 4/10 1/2

1

13..

7 1/2

Strikewood I Match Co: Blankett 12/9 3^ 1y^ds I.^:

Linnen 8/9 5/8 yds. half thick 4/10 1/2

K

.. 6..

4^