Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 4
1639-06-17
When it shall ps dew to me and to any one else that are indebted vnto vs: ratifyinge and conferminge what you doe therin as if I were present and thus wishinge you a safe retourne I ever rest Your Lo
lett me intreat you by vertue of this order, to call Gorge Dill of Salem before the gouerner and end the account which stands in shut betweane vs by reason that I am now bound for Pemaquid and cannot continew any longer in these parts my occations being vrgent to goe whom and what you shall doe therin we shall allowe as well dun he hath put vs to a great deale of charg in coming soe far to end his account and I hoope that you will recouer som what for it soe I rest Your lo
W. 2. 184; 4
Collections
, VI. 573.
1639-07
heere wants yet 2 heifers and 2 steeres besides the Cowe and Bull which are at Tenhils. let me know presently what is become of them, for mr. Fenwick demands now Accompt of them.2
One died the 1 yeare.
The next yeare they had 4 Calves
The 2 rem
The next year 4: 2 heifers and 2 steers (one of the steers was lost in the 11th mo:) rem
The next yeare 3: 2 steers and a heifer.
The last yeare 3: 2 steers and a heifer.
The first heifer to mr. Bli.
The steere to Brooks of Concord for 12li.
2 steers new this yeare to wheeler of B: for 23li.
a heifer sould this yeare for 15li to Toppin of Nubery.
a heifer Calf sould this yeare to Audly of Boston 7li 10s.
a Cowe to mr. Peck of Hingham this summer for 21li.
a Cowe to Edmund Jacklin last yeare for 22li deb:
a Cowe last yeare to mr. Samll. Shepherd for 25li 5s with Calfe.
a Cowe to Griffin of Concord this yeare for 22li.
W. 1. 190. For Luxford, see 5
Collections
, I. 127n.; 2
Proceedings
, VII. 127–140.
There follow several obliterated lines in James Luxford's handwriting.