Scent of the young Myrtle and yellow Jessamine with which the woods abound is delightful. The staple commodity here is rice and the only thing they export to Europe. Beef, Pork and Lumber they send to the West Indies. . . .
Sept r 8th. (1742.)
Wrote to Miss Mary Fayweather in Boston. The same time wrote my Father a full and long acc<t. of 5 thousand Spainyards landing at St Symons. We were greatly alarmed in Carolina ; 80 prisoners now in Crs. Town, they had a large fleet, but were scattered by bad weather. Our little fleet from Carolina, commanded by Cap Hardy could not get to ye Genls. assistance, the Enemy were sailed to St Marks. 'Tis said Capt. Hardy instead of cruising off St Augustine barr where it was probable he would find them returned with all the men to Crs. Town, wch. has greatly disgusted the Govr and Council as well as the rest of the Inhabitance. There is sent now 3 Men of Warr and 4 provincial vessels under the command of Capt. Frankland. Sent my father his kettle Drums, informed him of Mr. Smith seling the rum he sent us, and giving away the preserved sorrel, tho he assured us it was by mistake put on board a vessel going to Barbadoes and carried there. Sad wretch. Sent for Cowcumber seed— Polly gone to school at Mrs. Hicks s at 140 pound per annum.
Eliza Lucas, Journal and Letters (edited by Mrs. H. P. Holbrook, Wormsloe, 1850), 17-20 passim.
36. Routine in Maryland (1754)
BY GOVERNOR HORATIO SHARPE
Sharpe was governor of Maryland from 1753 to 1768; his efficiency is well shown by the extract below. — Bibliography: Winsor, Narrative and Critical History, III, 553-562, V, 270-272; J. T. Scharf, Maryland, I, 442ff.; Channing and Hart, Guide, § 101. — For earlier Maryland history, see Contemporaries, I, ch. xi.
IN obedience to your Ldps Instructions I have transmitted Copies of all the Laws made at a Session of Assembly begun & held at Annapolis in this Province the 2d of Octr 1753 & have fulfilled your Lordsp's pleasure by inclosing therewith a few Observations for the more easy reference to any thing new or of an extraordinary nature by
