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Treasurer.
George Jaffrey.
By com'n from Governor.
£125 granted by Assembly, ann.
As above.
Attorney General.
Samuel Livermore.
By ditto.
£25, as above, and 45l. fees.
As above.
Surveyor Gen. of Lands.
George Sproule.
By ditto.
About 20 guineas, fees.
As'above.
Receiver of Quit Rents.
John Hurd.
By ditto.
L.100 sterling per annum.
As above.
Receiver Powder Money. Theodore Atkinson.
By ditto.
5 per centum on the amount.
As above.
Master of the Harbor.
John Briard.
By warrant from the Gov.
12/. s. per ann. from powder money.
As above.
Collector of the Customs.
George Meserve.
By com'n from the Com'rs of About 600l. sterling. his Majesty's revenue.
Warrant com'rs.
Comptroller.
Robert Trail.
By ditto.
About 180/. sterling.
As above.
Naval Officer.
Jolın Fisher.
By com'n from the Gov.
2004. per annum, by fees.
King's mandam.
Post-Master.
Eleazar Russel.
By com'n dep. P.M.G. Amer
507. per annum, salary
By dep. P. M.G.
Notaries Public.
Wyseman Clagett. John Wendell.
Licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
14/. per annum, in fees.
By commission issued.
Major General.
Brigadier General.
Theodore Atkinson. Peter Gilman.
By the Governor. ditto.
Nothing.
By commission. As above.
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Samuel Hobart. Daniel Jones. John Hurd.
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ORIGINAL PAPERS, AND COPIES OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
[This portion of the Appendix, excepting the articles numbered 14, 15, 23, 33, 54, 55 and 62, is printed from the original manuscript copy of Dr. BEL- KNAP, from which the first edition of the first volume was printed at Phil- adelphia in the year 1784. It was preserved by the late EBENEZER HAZ- ARD, Esquire, who superintended that volume while in the press, and was transmitted by him to the author or his family at Boston. It will be seen that sixteen of the articles, viz. Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 30, 33, 34, 50, 51 and 53, have never before appeared in the work. Those three numbered 14, 15 and 33, have been added by the editor. The others were prepared for the history by the author, but they were not published for want of room. The Wheelwright Indian deed of 1629, as it is indis- putably a forgery, is omitted, although the number and title of it are given to preserve the numerical arrangement of the papers. Excepting the numbers from No. 2 to No. 11, inclusive, the ancient spelling, being ex- ceedingly variable, and in many instances uncouth, has not been followed. As some doubts have rested on the genuineness of some of the early pa- pers, the former orthography has been retained in the numbers just men- tioned. It has also been retained in Nos. 55 and 59 merely as a curiosity.]
No. 1. Copy of a Deed from four Indian Sagamores to John Wheel- wright and others. 17 May, 1629.
No. 2. An original letter from Thomas Eyre, one of the adventurers or company of Laconia, to Mr. Gibbins, their factor.
LONDON, the last of May, 1631.
Mr. Gibbins,-Yours of the 8th April, 1630, from Plymouth I received and thereby took notice of your entertaining Roger Knight ; and here I present his wife 20s. pr. quarter at your de- sire and 3l. per quarter to yours. I hope by this they are both with you according to your desire. I wish all your wives with you, and that so many of you as desire wives had such as they desire ; for the adventurers desire not to be troubled with quarterly pay- ments.
Your next to me is dated the 21st of July last at Pascataquacke, I take notice of your complaints for want of the trade goods, and so much as lieth in me it shall be otherwise, especially if you send us returnes, doubt you not but that you shall be supplied from 'time to time unto your owne contents.
Your 3d Ire to me is dated the 14th of August, by which I per- ceive divers of the commodities and provisions which you carried with you in the barke Warwicke, were not to your liking for which I am sorry. You know the trouble we had. I could not looke to Mr. Olden's and all besides. I hope by the Pide-Cowe you
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find it otherwise. I pray write me how you like the hatchetts sent you by that ship and how all goeth.
I like it well that your governor will have a stocke of boards at all times readie. I hope you will find something to relade both the Pide-Cowe and the Warwicke. I will now put on the send- ing of you the moddell of a saw-mill that you may have one going.
Your wife and children, Roger Knight's wife and one wife more we have already sent you, and more you shall have as you write for them.
Another Ire I have from you of the 14th August, in which you write for another Mason. Wee have had enough to doe to goe so farre forwards as we have, as Capt. Keyes can tell you, yet now we begine to take hearte agayne, but the sight of returnes will be that which will indeede put life into us.
Among my New-England records I find your Ire unto Capt. Mason of the 14th August last, wherein you give a good account of your times spent from the first of June until then, as also of the manner of your trade which was to Capt. Mason's liking. We hope you will find out some good mines, which will be welcome newes unto us.
By Mr. Glover we recd. Ires from Capt. Neale, written as we think about the end of March last, write me I pray, what winter you had, and how you had your healthes and why Capt. Neale went not in Septem. last to discover the lakes, as he wrote he would, and why you did not write by that conveyance.
By the barke Warwicke we send you a factor to take charge of the trade goods ; also a soldier for discovrie &c.
Thus I commend you, and your wife, who by this I hope is with you to the protection of the almightie.
Your loving friend,
THO. EYRE.
Kept untill the 7th of June.
No. 3. An original letter from the company to Ambrose Gibbins. LONDON, 5th Decemb. 1632.
Mr. Ambrose Gibbins,-Your sundrie letters we have received. Wee doe take notice of your care and paines in our plantation and doe wish that others had bine that way the same that you are and will wee hope soe continew. The adventures here have bine soe discouraged by reason of John Gibbes ill dealing in his fishing voiage, as alsoe by the small returnes sent hither by Capt. Neal, Mr. Herbert or any of their factors as that they have noe desire to proceed any farther, until Capt. Neale come hither to confer with them, that by conferrence with him they may settle things in a better order. Wee have written unto Capt. Neale to dismise the household, onlie such as will or canne live of themselves may stay upon our plantation in such convenient places as Capt. Neale, Mr. Godfrie and you shall think fitt ; and after conferrence had with Capt. Neale they shall have a reasonable quantity of land granted unto them by deed.
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Wee praie you to take care of our house at Newichwannick and to looke well to our vines, also you may take some of our swine and goates, which wee pray you to preserve. Wee have committed the cheife care of our house at Pascattaway to Mr. Godfrie and written unto Mr. Warnerton to take care of our house at Straw- berry-bancke. Our desire is that Mr. Godfrie, Mr. Warnerton and you should joyne loveinglie together in all things for our good, and to advise us what our best course will be to doe another yeare.
You desire to settle yourself upon Sanders Point. The adven- turers are willing to pleasure you not only in this, in regard of the good report they have heard of you from tyme to tyme, but alsoe after they have conferred with Capt. Neale, they determyne some further good towards you for your further incouridgment.
Wee desire to have our fishermen increased, whereof we have written unto Mr. Godfrye. Wee thank you for assisting John Raymond, wee pray you still to be helpful to him that so he may dispatch and come to us with such returne as he hath, and if he hath any of his trade goods remayning unsold wee have willed him to leave them with you and wee doe hereby pray you to re- ceive them into your custody and to put them off with what con- veniency you canne, and to send us the retournes by the first shipp that comes. Thus we commend you and your wife to the protec- tion of the almightye.
Your loving friends,
JOHN MASON, THO. WARNERTON,
HENRY GARDINER, THO. EYRE, for my GEO. GRIFFITH, children.
No. 4. Copy of a letter from Ambrose Gibbins to the company.
After my umble duty remembred unto your worships, I pray for your good health and prosperity. These are certifying your wor- ship for the goods I have received from you. I have delivered unto Mr. John Raymon 76lb and 4 ounses of beaver, 10 otters, 6 musquashes and on martin more, that Captain Neale had 358lb and ii ounses of beaver and otter, 17 martins, on black fox skin, on other fox skin, 3 racoon skins, 14 musquashes two of them with stones. Mr Raymon's present departing and the intermixing of all the trade goods in my care until Mr. Vaughan com I cannot give you any satisfaction for the account of trade. I did advise Mr. Raymon to returne with all speede unto you. Your letters I received the 7th of June. At larg I will write if God wil by the next. Thus taking my leave I comit your worship to Almighty God. Your worship's at command,
AMBROSE GIBBINS,
From Newichwanicke,
this 24th of June, 1633.
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No. 5. Copy of another from Gibbins to the company.
Newichwanicke, July 13, 1633.
Right honourable, right worshippful and the rest, my humble servis rembred. Your letter dated the 5th of December and Mr. Ares letter third of April I received the seventh of June. The detaining of the former letter hath put you to a great charge in the plantation. For my carc and paines I have not thought it much although I have had very little encouragement from you and here. I do not doubt of your good will unto mee. For your fishing, you complain of Mr. Gibbes : A Londoner is not for fishing, neither is there any amity betwixt the West countrimen and them. Bristo or Barnstable is very convenient for your fishing shipes. It is not enough to fit our shipes to fish but they must be sure (God will) to be at their fishing place the beginning of February and not to come to the land when other men have half their viage.
Mr. Warnerton hath the charge of the house at Pascatawa and hath with him William Cooper, Rafe Gee,* Roger Knight, and his wife, William Dermit and on boy. For your house at Newich- wannicke, I seeing the necessity will doe the best I can there and elsewhere for you until I hear from you againe. Advise I have sent but not knowing your intentes I cannot wel enlarge but I re- fer you to Mr. Herbert and Mr. Vaughan. For my settlement at Sanders-Point and the further good you intend me I humbly thank you I shall do the best I can to be grateful. I have taken into my handes all the trade goods that remains of John Raymon's and Mr. Vaughan's and will with what convenience I may put them of. You complain of your returnes ; you take the coorse to have lit- tle ; a plantation must be furnished with cattle and good hir'd hands, and necessaries for them and not thinke the great lookes of men and many words will be a meanes to raise a plantation. Those that have been here this three year some of them have neither meat, money nor clothes, a great disparagement. I shall not need to speak of this, you shall hear of it by others. For myself, my wife and child and four men we have but half a barrel of corne ; beefe and porke I have not had but on peese this three months, nor beare this four months ; for I have for two and twenty months had but two bar- rels of beare and two barrels and four booshel of malt, our number commonly hath bin ten. I nor the servantes have neither money nor clothes, I have been as sparing as I could, but it will not doe. These four men with me is Charles Knell, Thomas Clarke, Steven Kidder, and Thomas Crockitt, three of them is to have for their wages until the first of March four pounds per peese and the oth- er for the year six pounds which in your behalf I have promised to satisfy in money or beaver at ten shillings per pound. If there were necessarys for them for clothing there would not bee much for them to receive. You may perhaps think that fewer men would serve me but I have sometimes on C [one hundred] or more Indians and far from neybors : These that I have I can set to pale
* [Probably the same as Ralph Goe, mentioned in Adams' Annals, p. 18, as of Pascataqua in 1631.]
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in ground for corne or garden. I have digged a wel within the palizado, where is good water, I have that to close with timber. More men I could have and more employ, but I rest thus until I hear from you. The vines that were planted will come to little, they prosper not in the ground they were set, them that groo natural are veri good of divers sorts. I have sent you a note of the beaver taken by me at Newichwaniek, and how it hath gon from me. George Vaughan hath a note of all the trade goodes in my custody of the old store John Ramon's and George Vaughan's aecomtes, but the beaver beinge disposed of before I could make the divident I cannot see but it must be all onpaekt and be divided by you. The governor departed from the plantation the fifteenth of July in the morning. So for this time I end, committing you to the protection of the Almighty and ever rest your loving servant.
AMBROSE GIBBINS.
No. 6. Copy of a letter from Walter Neal and Thomas Wiggin, to the Company, relating to a division of the lands of Pascataqua, 1633.
[The following is the letter supposed to be spurious. See note on it, pages 12 and 13 of this volume.]
Much honoured,-In obediance to your commands have survaied the river from the mouth of the harbor to Squamseutt falls, and li- quise from the harbor's mouth by the sea side to the Massachusetts bounds, and find that the bounds of your pattents will not aford more than for two towns in the river of Piscataway and the re- mainder will make another good towne having much salt marsh in it. And because you would have foure townes named as you desired wee have treated with a gentleman who has purchased a trackt of land of the Indyans at Squamscutt falls, and your land running up to the said falls on one side of the river from the falls about a mile downward, said gentlemen having a mind to said land on your side to a certain crike and one mile backward from the river which we agreed on and the crike is called Weelewright's, the gentleman's name being Weelewright and he was to name said plantation (when settled) Exeter. And the other two towns in the river, the one North-ham and Portsmouth the other. Bounded as followeth, viz. Portsmouth runes from the harbor's mouth by the sea aide to the entrance of a little river between two hed lands which we have given the names of Little Bore's-hed, and the Grate Bore's-hed, and from the mouth of that little river to go on a strait line to the aforesaid creeke which we have named Weele- right's creeke and from thens down the river to the harbor's mouth where it began. And North-ham is the bounds of all the land of Hilton's Point side. And the other land from the little river be- tween the two Boores-Heds to run by the sea till it meets with the line between the Massachusetts and you, and so to run from the sea by said Massathusetts line into the woods eight miles and from thence atwart the woods to meet with Portsmouth line neere
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Wheleright's creek and that tracte of land to be called Hampton. So that their is foure towns named as you desired but Exeter is not within the bounds of your pattents. But the grete dificulty is the agreement about the dividing line between the pattent of the twenty thousand acres belonging to the company of Laconyah and the pattent of Bluddy poynt the river running so intrycate, and Bluddy poynt patent bounds from thence to Squamscutt falls to run three miles into the woods from the water side. But for your better understanding thereof wee have sent you a draft of it ac- cording to our best skill of what we know of it at present, and have drawn a dividing line between the two pattents, so that Portsmouth is part of both pattents and Hampton we apprehend will be holly in the twenty thousand acres pattent, and North-ham is the bounds of Hilton's point pattent. If what we have don be to your likinge wee shall think our time well spent and what further commands you will please to lay on us we shall readily obeye to the utmost of our power. Wee humbly take leve and subscribe ourselves, Your devoted and most humble servants,
North-ham on Piscataway river, in } WALTER NELE, New-England, 13 Augst 1633. THOMAS WIGGIN. Superscribed, To John Mason Esq. governor of Portsmouth to be communicated to the pattentes of Laconiah and Hilton's point, humbly present in London.
Wee under written being of the government of the province of Maine doe affirm that the above letter written and sent by Walter Nele and Thomas Wiggin and directed to John Mason Esq. gov- ernor of Portsmouth to be communicated to the pattentes of La- coniah and Hilton's point, is a trew copia compared with the orig- inall. And further wee doe affirm that there was foure grete gunes brought to Piscataqua which ware given by a marchant of London for the defence of the river, and at the same time the Earle of Warwicke, Sr Ferdenando Gorges, Capt. John Mason and the rest of the pattentees sent an order to Capt. Walter Nele and Captn. Thomas Wiggin ther agents and governor at Piscataway to make choise of the most convenient place in the said river to make a fortefecatyon for the defence thereof, and to mount those foure gunes giveen to the place, which accordingly was done by Capt. Walter Nele and Capt. Thomas Wiggin and the pattentes servants, and a draft was sent of the place that they had made choice of to the said Earle and company, and the draft did containe all the necke of land in the north este side of the grete island that makes the grete harbor, and they gave it the name of Fort-poynt, and al- loted it so far backe into the island about a bow-shoat to a grete high rocke whereon was intended in time to set the principall forte.
That the above is all truth wee affirme, and by the desire of Capt. Walter Nele and Capt. Thos. Wiggen wee have ordered this wrighting to ly in our files of records of their doings therein. In witness whereof wee have hereunto sett our hands and seles at Gorgeana, in the province of Maine, in New-England, 20th August 1633.
RICH. VINES, (Seal.)
HENRY JOCELYN, (Seal.)
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No. 7. An original letter from Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Capt. John Mason to Messrs. Wannerton and Gibbins.
Mr. Wannerton and Mr. Gibbins,-These are to let you know that wee with the consent of the rest of our partners have made a division of all our land lying on the north east side of the harbor, and river of Pascataway ; of the quantities of which lands and bounds agreed upon for every man's part we send you a coppie of the draft, desiring your furtherance with the advice of Capt. Nor- ton and Mr Godfrey to set out the lynes of division betwixt our lands and the lands of our partners next adjoining, because we have not onlie each of us shipped people present to plant upon our owne landes at our own charge, but have given direction to invite and authoritie to receive such others as may be had to be tenants, to plant and live there for the more speedie peopling of the coun- trie. And whereas there is belonging unto me Sri Ferdnando Gorges, and unto Capt. Mason for himself and for Mr. John Cot- ton and his deceased brother Mr. William Cotton, both whose in- terests Capt. Mason bath bought, the one halfe of all matters men- tioned in the inventorie of houshold stuffe and implements left in trust with you by Capt. Neale, whereunto you have subscribed your names and whereof a coppie is herewith sent, we desire you to cause an equal division as neere as possible may to be made of all the saied matters menconed in the inventorie inkinde, or if some of them cannot be so divided then the on halfe to be made equall to the other in valew of all the saied matters, except the cattell and suites of apparell and such other things as belong per- ticularly to Capt. Mason, and to deliver the said one halfe of all the saied matters soe to be divided, unto Mr Henry Jocelyn for the use of our plantations, taking an inventory thereof under his hand of all you shall soe deliver hime, and making certificate to us thereof. And for your soe doeing this shall be you suffitient warrant and discharge. And so wee rest,
Your verie lovinge friends,
Portsmouth, Maye 5, 1634.
FERDIN. GORGE, JOHN MASON.
No. 8. An original letter from Capt. John Mason to Ambrose Gibbins.
Mr. Gibbins,-These people and provisions which I have now sent with Mr. Jocelyne are to sett upp two mills upon my own di- vision of lands lately agreed upon betwixt our adventurers ; but I thinke not any of them will adventure this yeare to the plantation besides Sr Ferdinando Gorges and myself, for which I am sorrye in that so good a business (albeit hitherto it hath bene unprofita- ble) should be subject to fall to the ground. Therefore I have strayned myself to doe this at this present, and could have wished that the rest would have joyned to have sent you some provisions for trade and support of the place, but that failieing I have direct- ed to you as a token from myselfe one hogshead of mault to make
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you some beare. The servants with you and such others as re- maine upon the companies chardge are to be discharged and pay- ed their wages out of the stocke of beaver in your hands at the rate of 12s. the pound, whereof I thinke the company will write you more at large. And wee have agreed to devide all our mova- bles mentioned in the inventory that Capt. Neale brought home, which were left in trust with you and Mr Wannerton. I bought Mr. Cotton's and his brother's parte of all their adventures ; so that the halfe of all belongs to Sr Ferdinando Gorges and myselfe, and of that halfe three quarters will be due to me and one quarter to Sr Ferdinando. These things being equally divided they are to be delivered to Mr. Jocelyne, my three partes of the halfe, and the other fourth to whom Sr Ferdinando shall appointe. And you must afford my people some house roome in Newichewannocke house, and the cowes and goates which are all mine, and 14 swine with their increase, some ground to be upon till we have some place provided upon new divided land, or that you receive my further order. A copie of the division of the lands is herewith sent unto you.
The stockinges and the mault and the suites of clothes and suggar and raysinges and wine that was delivered by Mr. Bright and Mr. Lewes I have not received any satisfaction for, wherein I must crave your helpe and such satisfaction as may be sent by this shipp.
The christall stoanes you sent are of little or no valew unless they were so great as to make drinking cuppes or some other workes, as pil- lers for faire lookeinge glasses or for garnishinge of rich cabinets. Good iron or lead oare I should like better of if it could be found.
I have disbursed a great deal of money in your plantation and never received one penny, but hope if there were once a discoverie of the lakes that I should in some reasonable time be reimbursed again. I pray you helpe the mr. what you can to some of the best iron stoane for ballast, and in case he want other ladeinge to fill the shipp upp with stockes of cypress wood and cedar. Let me hear from you of all matters necessary, and wherein I may doe you any pleasure I shall be reddie, and so with my heartie commen- dations, I rest your verie loveing friend,
Portsmouth, May 5th, 1634.
JOHN MASON.
(Received 10th July, 1634.)
No. 9. Answer to the foregoing.
Sir,-Your worship have done well in setting forward your plantacon, and for your milles they will prove beneficial unto you by God's assistance. I would you had taken this coorse sooner, for the marchants I shall be very cautyouse how I deale with any of them while I live. But God's will be done. I and the world doth judge that I could not in these my days have spent my time for noethinge. For their sending trade and support I desire it not. I have supported but now sonke under my burthen, the more I thinke on this, the more is my griefe.
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I have received the hogsd. of mault that you sent me, giveing you humble thanks for the same. The servants that were with me are discharged and payed their wages for the yeare past and I have delivered unto Mr. Wannerton 43lb. of beaver to pay those that were with him for the year past. For the paying of the ser- vants there old wages or the dividing of the goods I expect a gen- eral letter, if not then to heare further from your worshippe. Your carpenters are with me and I will further them the best I can. Capt. Neale appoynted me two of your goats to keepe, at his departinge, I praise God they are 4. Of the goods that Mr. Bright left I only recd. of Capt. Neale 4 bushells of mault and at several times 8 gallons of sacke, and from Mr. Wannerton 7 bush- els and 1 peck of mault, 5 lb. and halfe of sugar and 3 pr of chil- dren stockings and 97 lb. of beefe which was of an old cow that Mr. Wannerton killed, being doubtful that she would not live over the winter. For these I will pay Mr. Jocelyn for you.
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