Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 4
1640-02-26
my Love And Best Respects remembred vnto you Sir And Allso vnto mistres Winthrope with all the rest of your family wishing and praying for your healthes And weallfar ass for my owne. Sir I give you much thankes for your love and for your leater, Butt for the Otter which you seant she was lost in coming hom for the which I ame very sory yett Sir your Love I do seatt much by and Desir to serue you in whatt I can to my power. Sir I haue seant you by Mr. Cutten A small token of my Love, 6 Gares of zant oyle. Sir my Request vnto you is that you wold be pleased to healp me in that busnes betwen Mr. Eatton and me for the bill which I had of him for three hundreth pownds vnto Mr. Adames and Mr. Gough is protested and theay will not pay Itt And I vnderstand that Mr. Eatton is flead, so that I fear I shall loos my monie which I haue ben long geeting with much Labor and paynes I did part with my monie for the good of the Cuntry and my frinds therin which ar many. I shall not ned to inlarg much your wor
I Desir Sir to be remembred vnto all my loving frinds in Boston and ealc wher.
W. 4. 98; 5
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, I. 285–286. Captain Edward Payne was a shipmaster engaged in the transportation of passengers to New England.