Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 4

Agreement between Thomas King and John Winthrop, Jr.1

King, Thomas Winthrop, John, Jr.

1644-11-27

Nov: 27, 1644

It is agreed this 27th of Novemb: betweene John Winthrop iunior and Thomas King, that the said John Winthrop having delivered vnto the said Tho: King twenty pounds in trading cloth, and wampampeage in hand the day above named The said Thomas doth covenant, and agree with him that he will speedily goe vp with other men to be hired by himselfe the said Thomas vnto Tantiusques the blacklead hill and that he will there imploy himselfe, and his men in working vpon the digging vp of Blacklead for the said John Winthrop, for which he is to have after the rate of fourty shillings for every Tunne to be paid him when he hath digged vp twenty Tunnes of good marchantable blacklead, and put it into an house safe from the Indians, of which the summe of twenty pounds delivered him in hand is to be part of the said payment, and he doth promise that he will worke vpon the digging of the said blacklead, in beginning with digging a trench from the lower part of the hill or the descent therof, and carry the same trench into the hill, that the water may be therby Issued from the Vaines of the blacklead, and wheras the Indians have informed the said John Winthrop of another place not farre thence where there is also blacklead, he doth covenant to goe to see that place and to worke the same for the said John Winthrop at the easiest rate that he can, and if he findeth it easier to worke then that at Tantiusques 498then he will certify the same to the said John Winthrop with all the speede he can.

Thomas King John Winthrop Witnes Jno. Smyth 1.

American Antiquarian Society. The body of the document is in the handwriting of John Winthrop, Jr.

William Osborne to John Winthrop, Jr.1

Osborne, William Winthrop, John, Jr.

1644-12-07

Acounts of disbursements at the Furnace to the 7 of december 1644

	li	s	d
paid per me in Wages and Charges	264	8	3
paid per me to the Carpenters	067	12	9
paid per me to the dam maker besides mr. Wintropp notes	062	7	7
	394	8	7
Receapts per me
of mr. Wintropp	189	1	7
of mr. Tinge	054	9	11
of mr. Webb	049	2	5
of mr. Welles of Roxbury	17	8	7
of mr. Huise	23	0	4
	333	2	10
of mager Sedgwick	29	0	0
	362	2	10

Sir

I haue not charged my selfe withe sack that came last home because I haue not spoke with you about it but you may as you please put it on acounts nor all the Iron geres nailes hinges and other thinges that I had out of the Chamber that went to the vse of the furnace but all other things I haue made Receaved I price as I sold them as you will find in my book the Augares and all those things I haue put downe Receaud 29li of Mager Sedgwicks Counte but I cannot perfeckly tell till I haue a note from his book but I suppose I haue put downe full: I could desire that you and I might compare our books together but this at present I haue here gathered it may at farther vew be better perfected.

499

the debts that are owing are as the were last week or more: but the Smith at Dorchester his bill was not mentioned which is allmost 4li

I charg my selfe with 189li 1s 7d, the 3 Casks of sack not counted.

William Osborne

Endorsed by John Winthrop, Jr.: Willm. Osburnes account Clerk of the Iron Worke.

W. 1. 158. For Osborne, see Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, III. 319.