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510 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
it the name of Fort Pitt, in honor of the prime minister, assigning a garrison
of four hundred and fifty men taken from the Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Virginia troops for its defence.
The news of the capture of Fort Du Quesne was brought to Annapolis by
Lieutenant Colonel Dagworthy on the 13th of December, filling the city with
joy. As the harassed frontiers of Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania were
now freed from the incursions of the enemy, Governor Sharpe immediately
issued his proclamation, requesting the people to " offer up public prayer,
praise and thanksgiving." The assembly which was in session, to testify
their gratitude to the men who served in the expedition, on the 24th of
December, appropriated £1,500 to be distributed in manner following; To
Lieutenant Colonel Dagworthy, £30; to each captain, £16; lieutenant, £12;
ensign, £9; and non-commissioned officer, £6; and the remainder to be
expended in the purchase of clothing and suitable necessaries to be divided
among the privates. The representatives of officers or soldiers who either
died or were killed during the campaign were entitled to their proportion of
the distribution.1 But the assembly positively declined to make other appropriations for the support of the army.
General Forbes, after the capture of Fort Du Quesne, led his troops back
to Philadelphia, where, worn out with sickness and the fatigues of the campaign, he died on March 13, 1759.
It was now resolved to follow up the success obtained, by a vigorous
attack on Canada. The plan adopted comprised several distinct operations,
all having in view the reduction of Montreal and Quebec as the final result.
Stanwix was to occupy the posts from Pittsburgh to Lake Erie; Prideaux
was to reduce Fort Niagara; Amherst, now commander-in-chief, was to
advance to Lake Champlain; and Saunders was to support the attack on
Quebec, while Wolfe was to command the army on the St. Lawrence. As
success depended on joint action, Mr. Pitt, who was the soul of the whole
movement, communicated his plans to the governors of the colonies, to be
laid before their respective legislatures under oath of secrecy. So soon as
they were received, Governor Sharpe convened the assembly and laid the
matter before them, urging hearty co-operation; but that body, firm in its
purpose, refused to make any appropriation unless a proportionate share of
the tax was laid on the lands and revenues of the proprietary. Finding
them inflexible, the governor, on the 17th of April, prorogued them with the
following speech:
" After the resentment you have e'xpressed at my endeavors to remind you of, and
. exhort you to, the discharge of your duty, when you seemed to have lost sight of it in
the too eager and unseasonable pursuit of other objects, and after you have explicitly
resolved to admit of no propositions to provide for his Majesty's service upon any other
plan than that of which you had experienced the certain impracticability in the miscarriage of the same bill five times in as many successive sessions. I have not the least
1 Bacon.
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000543 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 510 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. it the name of Fort Pitt, in honor of the prime minister, assigning a garrison of four hundred and fifty men taken from the Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia troops for its defence. The news of the capture of Fort Du Quesne was brought to Annapolis by Lieutenant Colonel Dagworthy on the 13th of December, filling the city with joy. As the harassed frontiers of Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania were now freed from the incursions of the enemy, Governor Sharpe immediately issued his proclamation, requesting the people to " offer up public prayer, praise and thanksgiving." The assembly which was in session, to testify their gratitude to the men who served in the expedition, on the 24th of December, appropriated £1,500 to be distributed in manner following; To Lieutenant Colonel Dagworthy, £30; to each captain, £16; lieutenant, £12; ensign, £9; and non-commissioned officer, £6; and the remainder to be expended in the purchase of clothing and suitable necessaries to be divided among the privates. The representatives of officers or soldiers who either died or were killed during the campaign were entitled to their proportion of the distribution.1 But the assembly positively declined to make other appropriations for the support of the army. General Forbes, after the capture of Fort Du Quesne, led his troops back to Philadelphia, where, worn out with sickness and the fatigues of the campaign, he died on March 13, 1759. It was now resolved to follow up the success obtained, by a vigorous attack on Canada. The plan adopted comprised several distinct operations, all having in view the reduction of Montreal and Quebec as the final result. Stanwix was to occupy the posts from Pittsburgh to Lake Erie; Prideaux was to reduce Fort Niagara; Amherst, now commander-in-chief, was to advance to Lake Champlain; and Saunders was to support the attack on Quebec, while Wolfe was to command the army on the St. Lawrence. As success depended on joint action, Mr. Pitt, who was the soul of the whole movement, communicated his plans to the governors of the colonies, to be laid before their respective legislatures under oath of secrecy. So soon as they were received, Governor Sharpe convened the assembly and laid the matter before them, urging hearty co-operation; but that body, firm in its purpose, refused to make any appropriation unless a proportionate share of the tax was laid on the lands and revenues of the proprietary. Finding them inflexible, the governor, on the 17th of April, prorogued them with the following speech: " After the resentment you have e'xpressed at my endeavors to remind you of, and . exhort you to, the discharge of your duty, when you seemed to have lost sight of it in the too eager and unseasonable pursuit of other objects, and after you have explicitly resolved to admit of no propositions to provide for his Majesty's service upon any other plan than that of which you had experienced the certain impracticability in the miscarriage of the same bill five times in as many successive sessions. I have not the least 1 Bacon. |
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