August 29th. Calm. In the morning a ship seen in the offing. August 30th. To-day a child of the ship's-smith died and was buried in the afternoon; it was a good little child. Wind slight but favorable. August 31st. Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. Wind S.W., towards evening very violent. At dinner-time one of the women spilled some butter in the fire so that it was all in a flame. Had the main-sail been lying on the other rigging it might easily have caught fire and thus, between fire and water, the whole ship would have gone to destruction. 1st September. Increasing wind. We saw great flocks of birds. September 2nd. Moderate wind and rain. September 3rd. A fine brisk wind. September 4th. & 5th. Two very warm days. September 6th. Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. The warmest day. Calm. The steersman caught a fish. September 7th. Light winds. Towards evening the Captain caught with a great iron hook a large fish that is called a shark. September 8th. Wind strong S.W. Thunder and rain during the night. September 9th. Wind S.W. We sailed for some time under this wind towards the N.W. when our Captain as well as we became aware of the tide we were sailing too near the shore. tain who immediately threw out the at the depth of only fifty fathoms. Thereupon he changed the ship's course and sailed towards the South. a notable evidence that This alarmed the Caplead, and found bottom September 10th. Gentle winds. 11th. Winds still moderate. The Captain and the boatswain had a boxing-match in which the Captain came off best. 12th. Wind the same as yesterday. Winter's child died to-day. September 13th. Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. Wind the same. The boatswain's wife dies this evening, and is buried in the morning of the 14th. She was twenty-five years old. In the evening at 11 o'clock. a good wind arose. 15th. Good, strong winds. 16th. Early this morning Heinrick Rÿk's wife died and was buried. In the afternoon we saw a land-bird. September 17th. Strong N.W. wind. At dinner the cook poured a pail-full of sea-water on the fire to extinguish it instantly. The fumes from this filled the ship, and all the people thought it was on fire. A great stench arose so that the Captain and all on board were much alarmed. In the morning the boatswain saw from the mast a ship sailing directly from us. 18th. Calm. In the forenoon a boxingmatch came off between two of the sailors. At noon we met a small ship sailing from N. to S. It came from RhodeIsland by New-York and was going southward to the British West Indies. Our Captain was much concerned for us, for he imagined it to be a pirate-ship, because he had seen so many people upon it. He at once had the boat let down and went over to the strange vessel. It was four days from land. The Captain brought back with him a bag of apples; he gave to them an English Cheese. He rolled out the apples amongst all the people. September 19th. S.W. Wind. Winter's wife died to-day and was buried in the evening. A violent storm arose during the night. It wrenched off the bolt from one of the window-shutters and a terrible quantity of water poured into the ship. In the morning the waves were fearful, like rocky cliffs and high mountains. The noise of their roaring was horrible. It was a spectacle awful to witness. September 20th. The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. Towards evening the wind abated somewhat; then the sailors were obliged to mend their sails. 21st. Calm. September 22nd. Generally calm. We saw again a few land-birds. September 23rd. A fair wind. The sailors saw a ship sailing before us. We had now great hopes that we should soon come to land. September 24th. Early in the morning the sailors from the mast see land. There was however some fog but the land was clearly to be distinguished by noon. Towards evening three pilots came out to us. Our Captain took the second one and let the first and last return. Then we entered the stream called the Delaware. September 25th. In the afternoon a violent storm arose, compelling us to cast anchor, but now we were no longer in peril. Had we been on the ocean we should have had much to endure, but we were off the sea. For this, Thanks be to God! September 26th. Almost a calm, but at last a wind sprung up so that we made good progress. A child died to-day and was buried. All day people were coming on the vessel, bringing apples and peaches for sale. This rejoiced those who could lay hands on money. September 27th. We sailed by New Castle and Chester, the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. We had again an opportunity to procure apples and peaches. September 28th. In the afternoon we arrived safe and sound in Philadelphia. Thanks and praise to the Lord for this blessing! At 9 o'clock in the morning, my brother George Scholtze came to us having journied twelve miles in a boat to meet our company. He brought us apples, and peaches, and wheaten bread and staid with us on the ship till we reached Philadelphia. We were September 29th. according to our calendar. obliged to go to the Court-House and take our oath of allegiance to the King. Accordingly we all left the ship. This day was in Germany Michaelmas. Thus it befell us in our journey to Pennsylvania, which we accomplished in twenty-three weeks and one day. From Berthelsdorf & Herrnhut, through Pirna, Dresden, Wittenburg, Magdeburg, Hamburg, Altona, Amsterdam, Haarlem, Rotterdam, Plymouth, to Philadelphia. Finis cum Deo! ADDITIONAL FACTS CONCERNING SIR EDMUND PLOWDEN. BY REV. EDWARD D. NEILL, SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA. A recent examination of the manuscript records of Northampton County, Virginia, led to the discovery of some particulars in the life of Sir Edmund Plowden, Kt., the Proprietor of New Albion, which have never appeared in print. During the summer of A.D. 1642, he sailed for America with a friend, bearing two letters of introduction dated July 20, 1642, written by William Webb, of London. One was addressed "To my worthy friend, Mr Thomas Copley, at his plantation in Maryland." Copley was the grandson of Thomas Copley, who was the grandson of the Thomas Copley who fled from England to Paris during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and was knighted by the King of France. He was the eldest son of William Copley and his wife, Margaretta Prideaux, and was the temporal coadjutor of the Jesuit Mission in Maryland. Webb writes to him: "Worthy Sir. Upon the sight hereof I doe desire that my two friends the bearer of these . . . and assigned in the wayes there in yo plantation as myself in body; From his other ffriends & mee he shall have continual supplyes both for y' province, and for New Albion where he intends to settle under St Edm. Plowdens government in those p'ts. . . . Wee stand in great feare of tumults and convulsions." The other is addressed to the head of the Mission: "To his Noble Reverend Mr Andrew White, Esq. att Maryland," and is as follows: "Mr Cobbs intending toward yr parts with St Edmund Plowden I resolved upon these few lines to disire y' L-[sic] to assist him towards the furnishing him and his plantation with what you can, . . . he is indifferently well provided with that we . . . may be usefull in those p'ts. And that he shall be very well supplyed by his brother M2 Compton Donadence of Woodstock and other rich kinsfolks, besides his place Sir Edm. of Dorburg; he hath a plantacon in the barbados, and a stock going wth his uncle Capt. Pell . . . all wth him intends to imploy in the Provinces yf hee like the Country, and find good friends amongst y"; for my parte I have always found him here faire dealinge, and friendly and constant in his wayse, I doubt not but that soe hee will shew himselfe amonge you. And therefore I would entreate you to show him as many Courtesies as you can, as you would show your humble servant." Plowden chose to tarry in Virginia rather than in Maryland, and there is an account against him by the clerk of Northampton Court recorded, in which are the following items: "Sir Edmund Plowden Dr to Edm: Mathews 1643, ffor takinge ffower Depositions att the Soxochar ffor searching several Books att y° office in 150 150" There are other brief notices of Plowden on the records showing his residence in the county, among others the verdict between a prominent merchant, "Capt. Thomas Burbage plaintiff and Edmund Ployden," dated March 6, 1642-43. |