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Jocelyn has joined you, I shall make up his Command to a hundred
men, as soon as I can lay my hands on them; in the mean time I
shall send you off three Companies of the Lower Counties with
Major Wells of a hundred men each, I am not able to tell you if they
can all march to morrow untill I see my next convoy up, for I intend
sending all the Shott and Shells by fort Frederick, for which purpose
I beg you will get the Canoes on Pottomack collected, and as many
made as possible. I shall pack off to morrow all the Entrenching
Tools I have at this place, which will be barely sufficient for your
Service, but with a hundred & fifty good felling Axes some timber
may be cut down. The second Engineer on the Establishment shall
attend you, I hope to learn his name to day at dinner, he has strong
recommendation to your favour & protection from your friend in
England, I have nn miners Tools here but shall oilier you two sets

from Fort Loudon, and as soon as my head Miner comes up he shall
be forwarded to you.

I have wrote Col.^o Bouquet who is at Rays Town to abridge his
Work, as Fort Cumberland will serve for the grand Deposits, and
to cut his road down to it, and to desire Colo. Washington to cut
back in Order to meet you for which reason I hope Captn Shelby has
blazed every part of the Road.

I shall Order Major Wells to obey your Command and the inclosed

Letter to Captain Jocelyn is to the same effect. I have a deal of trouble
about Waggons which I am in hopes of getting over. The last
Acco.^ts from Winango say that no provisions have come up this
Year from Niagara which has alarmed all the Neighbourhood. I
am with the greatest respect

D^r Sir
Your most Obedient &
To Governor Sharp most hum^l Serv.^t
John St Clair.

[Endorsed on back] From S^r J S^t Clair the 27^th June 1758

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New York 27.^th April 1759
Sir
From M.^r Secretarys Pitts Letter to You of the 9.^th December
last, which I find, by Yours of the 18.^th Instant, received last Night,
You had lain before Your Assembly, I must own I had expected they
would have Acted quite a Different part, than what You Mention
they have done, Notwithstanding which, I am perswaded no en-
deavours of Yours have been wanting to induce them to Act better :
And since they still continue obstinate in refusing to grant any
Supplies for the raising of the Troops, which it is their duty to