Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 2
1630-02-11
I must now answeare 2: lettres of thine. with one shorte one: Let this make some supplye, that (if God will) I wilbe with 207thee on thursdaye next, therefore let John come up with my horses on Mundaye. Blessed be the Lorde our heavenly father, for all his mercye and goodnesse towards us; that we may yet heare thus comfortably each from other, and hope of a meetinge soone in peace, to be an embleme to us of our sweet and happy meetinge in N: E: by the same power and mercye of our heavenly Father: but I must ende: our freinds heer salute thee and all the rest. Commende my love and blessinge to our children and to all our freinds. The Lorde be with thee my sweet wife: farewell. Thy faithfull husband
Original lost;
L. and L.
, I. 374.
On the preceding day, Wednesday, February 10, Winthrop had presided at a meeting of the General Court of the Company, the last held in England. The chief business of the meeting was making provision for the establishment of a common stock, to “bee raysed from such as beare good affeccion to the plantacion, and the propagacion therof, and the same to bee employed only in defrayment of publique charges, as maintenance of ministers, transportacion of poore famylyes, building of churches and Fortyfycacions, and all other publique and necessary occasions of the plantacion,” in order that the joint stock might be reserved “for the maintenance of the trade.” Records of Massachusetts, I. 68.