made bould to trouble you with these few lines, desiring you to remember us, etc. And so rest,

At your service in what I may,

Salem, July 30. 1629. [174]

CHARLES GOTT.'

1 The missing words may be supplied from the Letter Book: "to Mr. Brewster, Mr. Smith, Mr. Fuller and the rest of the church." Morton says that "letters did pass between Mr. Higginson, and Mr. Brewster the reverend Elder of the Church of Plimouth, and they did agree in their judgements, viz., concerning the Church-Membership of the Children with their parents, and that Baptism was a seal of their Membership, only when they were adult," &c. New Englands Memoriall, *77.

• Charles Gott came in the Abigail with Endecott, requested admission as freeman October, 1630, and was a representative in the General Court, 1635. He removed to Wenham, and was instrumental in procuring a minister for that place after the physician-minister, John Fisk, had left the town in 1656, with a majority of the church. Gott died in 1667 or 1668.

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Anno Dom: 1630·

SHLEY, being well supplyed, had quickly gathered a good parcell of beaver, and like a crafty pate he sent it

all home,1 and would not pay for the goods he had had of the plantation hear, but lett them stand still on the score, and tooke up still more. Now though they well enough knew his aime, yet they let him goe one, and write of it into England. But partly the beaver they received, and sould, (of which they weer sencible,) and partly by Mr. Allertons extolling of him, they cast more how to supplie him then the plantation, and something to upbraid them, with it. They were forct to buy him a barke allso, and to furnish her with a m[aste]r and men, to transporte his corne and provissions (of which he put of much); for the Indeans of those parts have no corne growing, and at harvest, after corne is ready, the weather grows foule, and the seas dangerous, so as he could doe litle good with his shallope for that purposs.

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They looked ernestly for a timely supply this spring,3 by the fishing ship which they expected, and had been at charg to keepe a stage for her; but none came, nor any supply heard of for them. At length they heard sume supply was sent to Ashley by a fishing ship, at which they something marvelled, and the more that they had no letters either from Mr. Allerton or Mr. Sherley; so they went on in their bussines as well as the[y] could. At last they heard of Mr. Peirce his arivall in the Bay of the Massachusetts, who brought passengers and goods thither. They presently sent a shallop, conceiv

1 I suppose this was in the fall of 1630. PRINCE in Bradford Ms.

They, that is, the New Plymouth Adventurers. - PRINCE in Bradford мs.

8 This must be the spring of 1631, i.e. the spring after Ashley went to Penobscut. -PRINCE in Bradford мs.

'Deane shows that Peirce was at Salem June 12, 1630; sails for Ireland or England

ing they should have some thing by him. But he tould them he had none; and a ship was sett out on fishing, but after. II. weekes beating at sea, she mett with shuch foull weather as she was forcte

back againe for England, and, the

season being over, gave off the vioage. Neither did

he hear of much goods in her for the plantation, or that she did belong to them, for he had heard some thing from Mr. Allerton tending that way. But Mr. Al

lerton had bought another ship, and was to come in her, and was to fish for bass to the eastward, and to bring goods, etc. These things did much trouble them, and half astonish them. Mr. Winslow haveing been to the eastward, brought nuese of the like things, with about August, 1630; set sail from Bristol, England, December 1, 1630; arrives from England at Natasket, February 5, 1630-31; sails from Salem, April 1, arrives at London, April 29, 1631; arrives again from England at Natasket, November 2, 1631. Winthrop does not name the captain or vessel by which the letters out of the White Angel were brought to Boston. Bradford was either mistaken or misinformed of the name of the master of the ship. Allerton went with Peirce in August, 1630. Life and Letters of John Winthrop, 11. 40.

1 June 27, 1631, letters from the White Angel, lately arrived at Saco, were brought to Governor Winthrop. "She brought [ ] cows, goats, and hogs, and many provisions, for the bay and for Plimouth. Mr. Allerton returned in this ship, and by him we heard, that the Friendship, which put out from Barnstable [eleven?] weeks before the Angel [about Christmas, 1630], was forced home again by extremity of foul weather, and so had given over her voyage. This ship, the Angel, set sail from [Bristol]." Winthrop, History, 1. *57.

Christopher Burkett may have been master of the White Angel (p. 33 n, supra).

some more perticulers, and that it was like Mr. Allerton would be late before he came. At length they, having an oppertunitie, resolved to send Mr. Winslow, with what beaver they had ready, into England, to see how the squares wente, being very jeolouse of these things, and Mr. Allertons courses; and writ shuch leters, and gave him shuch instructions, as they thought meet; and if he found things not well, to discharge Mr. Allerton for being any longer agent for them, or to deal any more in the bussines, and to see how the accounts stood, etc.

Aboute the midle of sommer arrives Mr. Hatherley in the Bay of the Massachusetts, (being one of the partners,) and came over in the same ship that was set out on fhishing (called the Frendship).1 They presently sent to him, making no question but now they had goods come, and should know how all things stood. But they found [175] the former news true, how this ship had been so long at sea, and spente and spoyled her provissions, and overthrowne the viage. And he being sent over by the rest of the partners, to see how things wente hear, being at Bristoll with Mr. Allerton, in the shipe bought (called the White-Angell), ready to set sayle, over night came a messenger from Bastable to Mr. Allerton, and tould him of the returne of the ship, and what had befallen. And he not knowing what to doe, having a great chareg under hand, the ship lying at his rates, and now ready to set sayle, got him to goe and discharg the ship, and take order for the goods. To be short, they found Mr. Hatherley some thing reserved, and troubled in him selfe, (Mr. Allerton not being ther,) not knowing how to dispose of the goods till he came; but he heard he was arived with the other ship to the eastward, and expected his coming. But he tould them ther was not much for them in this ship, only 2. packs of Bastable

1 She sailed again from Barnstable about the middle of May, and arrived at Boston, July 14, 1631. Winthrop, History, 1. *58.

2 That is, of her fishing crew. - PRINCE in Bradford мs.

That is, the White Angel at Saco. - PRINCE in Bradford Ms.

ruggs,' and 2. hoggsheads of meatheglin,' drawne out in wooden flackets (but when these flackets came to be received, ther was left but.6. gallons of the 2. hogsheads, it being drunke up under the name leackage, and so lost). But the ship was filled with goods for sundrie gentle men, and others, that were come to plant in the Massachusetts, for which they payed fraight by the tunn. And this was all the satisfaction they could have at presente, so they brought this small parcell of goods and returned with this nues, and a letter as obscure; which made them much to marvell therat. The letter was as followeth.

GENTLE-MEN, PARTNERS, AND LOVING FRIENDS, etc.

Breefly thus: wee have this year set forth a fishing ship, and a trading ship, which later we have bought; and so have disbursed a great deale of money, as may and will appeare by the accounts. And because this ship (called the White Angell) is to acte 2 parts, (as I may say,) fishing for bass, and trading; and that while Mr. Allerton was imployed aboute the trading, the fishing might suffer by carlesnes or neglecte of the sailors, we have entreated your and our loving friend, Mr. Hatherley, to goe over with him, knowing he will be a comforte to Mr. Allerton, a joye to you, to see a carfull and loving friend, and a great stay to the bussines; and so great contente to us, that if it should please God the one should faile, (as God forbid,) yet the other would keepe both recconings, and things uprighte. For we are now out great sumes of money, as they will acquainte you withall, etc. When we were out

1 There were one hundred rugs, costing £75. (See p. 131, infra.) Rugs were not of great value, and twenty-four sent to Richmond's Island in 1634, cost only £6.3 or about five shillings each. Trelawny Papers, 35. But see 3 Mass. Hist. Collections, IX. 264.

• Metheglin is defined as a "spiced or medicated variety of mead, originally peculiar to Wales." Venner, writing in his Via Recta (1620), 11. 41, says: "If Rosemary, Hyssop, Time, Orgaine, and Sage, be first well boyled in the water, whereof you make the Metheglin, it will be the better." The meaning of the word is a healing liquor.

• Allerton charged some £3 a ton freight; but on what was sent to the partners he charged £4. See p. 136, infra. On the White Angel was probably sent the merchandise intended for Richard Vines. See p. 124, infra.