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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 3

Thomas Mayhew to John Winthrop1
Mayhew, Thomas Wintrhop, John

1634-06-22

To the worshipfull John Wynthropp this deliver in Boston
Sir,

I doe hereby Request your worshipp to deliuer this bearer That hempe yow spake of for Caulkinge the pynnase: And I doe farther Intreate yow to lend mr. Craddock the hellpe of your teeme a day or two to hellpe Carry the timber for buillding the mill at watertowne. I haue sent vnto mr. Doomer I hope he will afford me his hellpe; that with the hellpe of our owne wee may doe it in two daies; the reason I desire to haue it donne with such expedition is for that the Cattell must be watched whillst they are about it; In regard they will be from home and soe doubtlesse otherwise woulld stray or at least Runn home: I will at any time yf your worshipp haue occasion in the like kind fullfill your desire: the time wee intend to goe about it is the second or third day of the next weeke. Thus Ceaseing farther to trouble yow at present, saluteinge you with all due Respecte, Committing you to the lords protecion, I rest Your worshipps to Commaund

Thomas Mayhew Meadeford the 22th of the fowerth Moneth June 1634

I shall gladly pay for it yf you think good as willingly as to afford the like hellpe: its but hallfe the work concernes mr. Cradock or me: he is indeede partely Content I shoulld doe it my sellfe.

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W. Au. 63; 4 Collections , VII. 30–31. For Thomas Mayhew, see 4 Collections , VII. 30n.; D.A.B.