September 15th, 1678
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Lyda Arevalo, John McLaughlin, and Theodore Phua
Description:
Letters from September 1678 between Nathaniel Reynolds and Josiah Winslow, governor
of Plymouth Colony. Reynolds offers a list of men who can help settle the disputed land
at Mount Hope, acquired by Plymouth from the Wampanoags at the conclusion of King
Philip’s War earlier in the year. Winslow approves.
Boston september 15: 1678
HonoEd Sr
After my humbel servis pEsented to you These once [tear runs along right side of page]
to Aquaint you tEat I Roceived yoE ye Begining of ApEl Last
past Confirning ye pirchase of Mount hope, And here by I make
bolde to Informe you that, That designe hath still a being a
mongst us provided Incurragemt will be Afoarded for ouE money.
Tis not to be douted but yoE End as well as Ours may be
in a good measure Accomplished in ye setteling of AE place
with Abel sober minded pirsons in AE way we first propo[…]
=ed (if Incurragemt be not wanting) Which I dout not […]
would better answer ye Benifit of AE cuntry AE to ha[…]
straingers profes it unbenowne to you, which here hath[…]
sum speech Confirning. You wear pleased to say […]
Efect, honest pore men you did not Want having plenty of […]
already. Our designe is not to have the poarest but […]
honnest’s and if not the Richest we know the Blessing of g[…]
doth make Rich, And Shuld the Land be given us with o[…]
a blessing we desire not to com upon it, upon such tearmes,
but that our Romonal may Conduce with that promise of all
things working together for good. And Sr. ye I may ffurter An=
=swer yoE desire I shall Aquaint you With sum of the names
of such I beleve are still upon the Roal designe of promoating
the place and being helpfull to’wards a trade boatE by sea and
Land several of which are of Competent Estates, theyr names
are as ffolloweth.
William Ingram. John Waite. Anthony Low
Thomas smith. Jeremiah child. John Wilkins.
John Allin – – . William Hallawell. John Angarc.
Nathaniel Barnes. John Dial senE . Nathan: sangarc.
Mr Nath: Byfeild. William Paybody. John yong.
Mr Stephen Birten. Bartholomy Tipper. Enock Greenliff.
Thomas Plunly – John sarjant – Georg May
John Glouer – John Greenliff Robert sanfo[…]
Richard smith
Sr if you shall see good to Accept of our Company
T’is my Opinion hEat for ye compleating there of it wear g[…]
to Apoynt with you two or more as you see good to Accept
such as may comply with our Articels, the life we are Re[…]
to do with us, and Judg it will be hEe Ready way to settle
quickly. But not to truble yoE HonoE further at pEsent
Intreating a ffew Lines from you hEat we may be at su[…]
certenty conSirning hEe pEmises, I Remaine.
yoE Humbl servt to be comand[…]
Nathaniel Raynolds
Mr Raynols
After my respects to your Selfe and those gentlemen that have Come treating us
about purchas of Mounthope; shase may informe you and them, that a principal
reason that made us slowe in giveing answer to your Last Letter concerning that
matter, was not disrespect to your Selvs, nor the motion made by you; But because
wee understoode that our Confederate brethren of the Masschusets, and Conecticut
did with some ernestnes insist upon their claime to an interest with us in those
lands; which having now Lovingly issued between them and us, and the Lands no[…]
Lying more freely and clerely at our dispose; I thought good by this opertun[…]
to informe you that our sayd lands are yet free, and wee shall bee redy
to treat you, or whom you shall apoint ther about, at your owne time
if you still have a disposition to purchas and sattle that plase: And thn I […]
that I would advise to if it may sute your Conveniency is on Windsday t[…]
of judg ment, at which time our genrll Courte will bee Sitting at Plymou[th]
god permitting wee shall bee together, and wee may have oportunity then fo[…]
with the Courte about anything that may bee propounded by you or us: [word crossed out] […]
[word crossed out] in the meanetime my desire is that you will by discoursing your […]
bee able to resolve us in what time wee may exspect such a settlemen[t]
wee have formerly treated with you about; for that wee have in our ey is m[…]
and move then after the prise: not els at present but my respects who remayn[…]
your ffriend to serve you
- SS.
These
To be delivered to
the HonoEd Josiah Winslow
EsqE Governor of
New=Plimoth
Coloney
ME Nath. Reynolds
Concerning
Mount Hope
1678~Septembr. 15th
Image Citation:
Clough, Samuel C. “Map of the Town of Boston 1676.” Massachusetts Historical Society, www.masshist.org/database/1737.