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L. H. J.
Liber No. 52
April 23
p. 69
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and Security of the Southern Colonies, he proposed to leave one
Battalion of the Royal American Regiment, besides his Majesty's
Three independent Companies that were in South-Carolina, and that
he thought it necessary for the better Security of the said Colonies,
that they should themselves furnish 3800 Men, viz. Pennsylvania
1400, Maryland 500, Virginia 1000, North-Carolina 400, and South-
Carolina 500: That one Half of the abovementioned Battalion, 200
of the Men that were to be furnished by the Province of Pennsyl-
vania, 400 of the Virginia Troops, and 200 of the Soldiers that
were, according to his Lordship's Proposition, to be raised in North-
Carolina, should be sent to South-Carolina, there to act in Con-
junction with the 500 Men that were to be furnished by that Govern-
ment, and the abovementioned Independent Companies; that the
rest of the Troops which should be raised and supported by North-
Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, should be employed for the
Defence of those Colonies, in such Manner as his Lordship, or the
Officer that he should leave with the other Five Companies of the
Royal American Battalion, to command them, should think fit; and
that the whole 500 Men, which this Province was required and
expected to furnish, should be employed for the immediate Pro-
tection of our Frontier Inhabitants; I met the General Assembly
of this Province the 8th of April, and communicated to both Houses
the Plan which had been concerted for the Security of the Southern
Colonies, and recommended it to them to provide for the Support
of the Number of Men that were required as the Quota of this
Province, which they did before the End of the Session, by appro-
priating to that Use what remained of the Money which had been
granted the Year before for his Majesty's Service. On the 12th of
April (which was before the Bill for making such an Appropriation
was framed) I sent the Lower House a Message to inform them,
that the Virginia Troops which had been some Time posted at Fort
Cumberland, had received Orders to evacuate that Place, and to
embark for South-Carolina, and that Captain Dagworthy (who
was the eldest Officer in the Maryland Forces) had thereupon
marched with a Detachment of those Forces, to garrison that Fort,
the Earl of Loudoun having thought that Step necessary, and for
his Majesty's Service.
On the i6th of April, it was Resolved by the then Lower House,
"That a Number not exceeding 500 Men (including Officers and
those already raised) should be kept in Pay for his Majesty's
Service, and for the more immediate Protection and Defence of
this Province." A Bill was accordingly brought in, and passed both
Houses; but while it lay before me for my Perusal and Consideration,
I was told by several Gentlemen, that those who had penned some
Clauses of it, wherein the Word Frontier was used, seem'd to have
been studious to lay a Foundation for Disputes; that while some
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