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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 3

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Thomas Reade to John Winthrop, Jr.1
Reade, Thomas Winthrop, John, Jr.

1635-03-07

To the Worshipfull John Winthrop esquire
Roterdam th 7 Mearche 1635 N. S. Deare Sir,

I cane not chooes but trobell you withe thes feaue leynes to let you for to vnder stand that I should a bean very glad for to a spoke withe you at london but the shipes coming a way so sone that I could not inquier you ought (thoe I was at deyveres places to heare of you) touching Mr. Endecots house I thinke he dead wryt to you a bought it in the letter wiche I brought2 I ould in treate you that you ould not sell it wryt ought be fore I speacke withe you for I had all moste sould it be fore I came a way by his order but I hope for to se you heare be fore feaue deayes be peast for my father3 hath writ to you all for to come hether we should be glad of your Company to ouer desyered porte if so be that you doe not come soddonly I preay let me heare a word or to frome you what youer resolushons ar abought the viege. I thinke for to be in England with in this forte nyte at the furtheste but I hope for to se you heare or for to heare frome you be fore that teyme thus in great haste I comeit you to Ceaper of the Isrell of god and rest Yours to command to my pouer

Thomas Reade
1.

W. 3. 29; 4 Collections , VII. 113–114. For Reade, see 4 Collections , VII. 113n.

2.

See the letter of John Endecott to John Winthrop, Jr., December 8, 1634, page 176, above.

3.

His stepfather, Hugh Peter.