98 Assembly Proceedings, Feb. 22-Mar. 26, 1755.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
March 24

Monday Morning 24^th March 1755.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c. All appeared
as on Saturday, except Mr. Wallis. The Proceedings were Read.
Mr. Bordley appeared in the House.
The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock Afternoon.

Post-Meridiem.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Mr. Earle hath Leave of the House to go Home.
William Goldsborough, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to
Mr. Speaker, the Bill entituled, An Act for raising a Supply towards
his Majesty's Service; and the following Message, viz.
By the Upper House of Assembly, March 24, 1755.
Gentlemen [then follows a long message from the Upper House
printed on pages 40-3].

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His Excellency communicated to Mr. Speaker the following Mes-
sage, viz.
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
It having been intimated to me, that the Upper House has not
been able to agree with Yours, about the Means of raising so large a
Sum for his Majesty's Service, as your Vote, at the Beginning of
this Session, had given me Room to expect would be granted; I take
the Liberty to communicate to you a Letter, that I have lately had
the Honour to receive from General Braddock, hoping it will add
some Weight to Sir Thomas Robinson's Letter, which has been
already laid before you, and incline you to answer, in some Measure,
his Majesty's Expectations thereby made known, at least so far as to
provide Victuals for such of his Majesty's Forces as may, at their
Arrival, be, for a short Time, quartered in, or have Occasion to
march through, this Province. Let me hope also, that you will not
be averse to continuing on Foot those Men that have been already

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raised in this Government, and to granting a Sum of Money for that
Purpose, as well as for defraying such incidental Charges, as will
be occasioned by our hiring or impressing Horses, or Carriages,
in this Province, to convey the Soldiers Passage, and by my Ap-
pointment of Persons, at proper Places, to carry any Dispatches
between the General's Head-Quarters, and this Place, or elsewhere,
as his Majesty's Service may require. Hor.^o Sharpe.

On reading and considering the Governor's Message of this Day :
Ordered, That the Committee of Laws do prepare an Address to his
Excellency thereon.