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from Lieu.t Governor Delancey, you will find Sir that the King
having judged proper that the Earl of Loudoun should return to
England, his Majesty at the same time was pleased to appoint me
to succeed his Lordship as Commander in Chief of the King's Forces
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Liber No. 35
Mar. 28
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in North America with the same Powers and Authorities, and you
will likewise find that in Pursuance of that Appointment it was his
Majesty's Pleasure that all his Governors on the Continent should
apply to and correspond with me on all Matters relating to the
King's Service, in Consequence of which Pleasure so signified to
you and repeated to me, I am to recommend to you to use your
utmost Endeavours and Influences with the Council and Assembly
of your Province to induce to raise with all possible Dispatch as
large a Body of Men within your Government, as the Number and
Situation of its Inhabitants may allow, all which has already been
strongly recommended to you by his Majesty's Secretary of State
as likewise several other Matters contained in that same letter, which
for the Sake of Brevity I shall avoid repeating and solely refer
myself to, as it is so full that I do not think it can want any Addition,
so far I will venture to go for your further Guidance as to fix the
Number of Provincial Troops that may be wanted for his Majesty's
Service in those Quarters to six thousand, to be furnished by Vir-
ginia Maryland and Pensilvania, in such Proportions and upon the
Terms set forth in the above quoted Letter of M.r Secretary Pitt
to his Majesty's Governors in North America.
I am at the same Time to acquaint you that as it is absolutely
necessary for his Majesty's Service that an immediate Embargo
should be laid on all Ships in the different Ports of the respective
Provinces in North America, and as you have already been fore-
warned that whenever such Directions should be transmitted to you
by his Majesty's Commander in Chief in these Parts, you should
without any the least Difficulty comply therewith, I make no Doubt
that upon Receipt hereof you will forthwith publish the said Em-
bargo, which is to hold good until such time as you receive Notice
from me to take off the same, which you may depend on being
transmitted to you as soon as his Majesty's Service will allow of it.
I have Nothing further to add, but to desire that you will give me
the earliest Notice possible of the Success you meet with in your
Application to your Council and Assembly, and what Resolutions
they are, or are likely to come to upon the Subject of the Troops to
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be raised by them conformable to his Majesty's Directions, especially
as the Season is so far advanced, and there is no Time to lose : I am
with great Regard, Sir, your most obed.' humble Servant.
P S : The Embargo took Place James Abercromby.
in this Port Yesterday
To the honble Horatio Sharpe Esq.r
Adjourned 'till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock
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