My humble duty remembred to your selfe and my mother with my love to my brothers and all our freinds with you: I suppose you have heard of our arrivall at Teeticut and oportune meeting with our vessell. Concerning that place I conceive it is not above 22 or 24 miles from mount Wooliston or Dorchester mill the Cuntry thereabouts very fertyle and rich ground and so all downe the river for 30 miles together (for so farre we went downe before it grew wide into Saceames harbour) a ship of 500 tunnes may come vp about 10 or 12 miles in the Narrow river. There is noe meadow nor salt marsh all the way, neyther could I see any in all Narigansett bay and as farre as I could perceive there is more marshe vpon Charles River and misticke then all the Naragansetts neere the sea. I was vp with Canonicus at his great Citty. there be many wigwams but they stand not together as I have heard reported. The ground there seemeth to be farre worse then the ground of the massachusett being light sandy and Rocky yet they have good Corne without fish; but I vnderstand that they take this course they have every one 2 feilds which after the first 2 yeares they lett one feild rest each yeare, and that kepes their ground continually in hart. The first of this month we sett sayle from Nariganset and in the afternoone, about 6 a Clocke arrived heere: for this place I have not yet seene any thing that I should be able to wright of it. mr. Gibbons can fully informe you of all things.

thus craving your prayers and blessing I commend you to the Almighty and rest Your obedient Sonne

I haue now accordinge to my former intendment sent ouer two seruants tenn Ewe sheepe and a Ramm. I haue directed them to your father because, I suppose, you will be eare this, att Connecticutt. Twentie Goates I haue alsoe sent with them and a Bucke: I haue written to your Father to entreate him that they may be conueyd to Ipswidge, as soon as they may conuenientlie be remooued without dainger, because I perceyue by your letter that the Cattle are theyr: Sir you know what neede theyr is that seruants should haue eyes ouer them espetiallie when they are att soe far a distance from theyr maister, tho I hope the menn be honest, yett I pray you that you hauinge occasion your selfe to be absent, you will be pleased to intreate somm Friends of yours att Ipswidge that they will both aduise them and examine them and direct them. I pray you lett me haue notice from you of what you shall conceyue shall be expedient for me to send ouer for my prouision: I would be glad to heare from you as often as you cann, and how you like of the Contry aboute Connetticutt, and how our businesses goe on theyr. I writt to you by the first shipps that went from hence this yeare, that I intended by all meanes to preserue the increase of my cattle and now I haue for that purpose sent ouer these seruants: I intend (God willinge) to send ouer by the next Shipps that comm twentie Goates more, which I haue alreddie bought, and would haue sent them now, if I could haue gotten them caryed as I was promissed, butt after disappoynted: I haue noe more to say, butt to giue you hartie thanks for all your loue and kindness which shall euer deepelie engage Your trewlie louinge and assured friend