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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 2

Margaret Winthrop to John Winthrop1
Winthrop, Margaret Winthrop, John

1629-11-05

My deare Husband,

I knowe not how to expresse my love to thee or my desyres of thy wished welfayre, but my hart is well knowne to thee, which will make relation of my affections though they be smalle in apperance: my thoughts are nowe on our great change and alteration of our corce heare, which I beseech the Lord to blesse us in, and my good Husband cheare up thy hart in the expectacion of Gods goodnesse to us, and let nothinge dismay or discorage thee; if the Lord be with us who can be against us: my grefe is the feare of stayinge behinde thee, but I must leave all to the good providence of God. I thank the Lord wee are all heare in reasonable good health, I receved a letter since you went from my sonne John, which brout good Nuse from Nue E: I pray thanke him for it, I wil rite to him if I have 166time, and thus with my best respect to thy selfe, brother and sister D: I commit you to God and rest Your faythfull wife

Margaret Winthrope.

Your servante2 remembers hir service to you, our sonnes and daughters remember there duty. You shall receive by Smith the caryer a rundelet of syder, the carage is payed, if you like it send for more.

Groton, ca. November 5, 1629.
1.

Original in the possession of Frederic Winthrop, Esq.; L. and L. , I. 356–357; Twichell, Puritan Love-Letters , 123–124.

2.

Priscilla Fones, who in the family speech of the Winthrops is semi-jocosely called John Winthrop's “servant” or “good servant.”