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to avoid and remove (as far as the Circumstances of a Country
become the Seat of War will Admit) every thing that may any way
burthen or Hurt the Interest of any Individual.
I shall on all Occasions, and in every thing relative to the Service
and Interest of the Colonies, Communicate with your Honour and
beg at all times to be favoured from you with all matters of Advice
and Intelligence relative to the Same, and shall impatiently expect
the Returns you are Directed to Send.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
September
14

I beg you to be Assured, that I am with the Highest Esteem.
Sir
Your Honours
Most Obedient and most
Humble Servant
The Hon.^ble Horatio Sharpe Esq.^r Loudoun

Albany 20.^th August 1756.
Sir,

I Received last night Accounts by which I apprehend that Oswego
with all its Stores and Ammunition and the Train placed there is lost,
the Garrison made Prisoners, and our Naval Power on the Lake
Destroyed. I must put you on your Guard against every Ill Con-
sequence of Such an unhappy Event, and as you may now expect
the weight of the French Indian power on your Back I must Cau-
tion you to put your Frontiers immediately in the best posture of
Defence you are able as from the Condition and Number of Troops
left to me when I come to my Command I can scarce hope to do
more than to Resist the French power in these Quarters. Were my
hands Strengthned to enable me to Act, I would not Despair of
Retrieving this Misfortune and to wrest out of the hands of the
French this Important post that by a Series of bad Circumstances
has fallen too easey a prey to them.
I must in the Strongest manner and from Motives of the most
Interesting nature Demand Your Assistance and that of your Prov-
ince. His Majesty having been Graciously pleased to Send over to
America a Number of Officers for the Service of these Countries, his
Royal American Regiment of four Batallions does expect that the
Colonies will Supply the Levies for this Regiment, the State of the
Service does now Require that this Regiment should be immediately
Compleated. There is no Aid you could Send me in any shape would
be so usefull as Recruits to Compleat this Regiment, as under such
good Officers as his Majesty has appointed to it they would be soon
if not Directly fit for Service. The Levy money is in all Justice and
right expected of the Colonies but if Obstructions to the Service
arise within your Province on this head; I must at this time under-
take to Advance it.

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