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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 4

Hugh Peter to John Winthrop1
Peter, Hugh JW

1638-01

To our noble Gouernor these deliver Boston
Sir,

I humbly thanke you for your tender care of vs to let vs to vnderstand how the lord hath honored himselfe vpon these heathen; I am afrayd that 5these women and children are not where they should bee, nor can I foresee euents.

For this woman that troubles you thus: indeed shee should haue any thing from mee were fit, but shee hath already bin very chargeable, and in conscience I cannot answer her desire. Shee hath 4 spoones, six slighter I sold Mr. Endecot which are euen broken with thinnes and for lynnen it is most disposed of: but I haue striuen to giue her satisfaction by a letter to Mrs. Wilson. I desire my cossen Stephen should pay her passage, and 4li out of my beuer; and that shee may haue all conuenient content; I think a few words of your selfe would doe it.

I was at Ipswich where the towne haue dealt very nobly with your son, and giuen him another farme neere the towne called Castle-hill,2 where hee hath 100 akers of medow, and all intire to himselfe: but of this hee hath written to you. I intend to bee with you on Monday still remembring you all to him in whom I am Yours if any thing

H: Peter Salem 5 day ca. January, 1637/38

Mr. Endecot and Ancient Reade wonder at your bounty in your Graynes sent etc.

1.

W. 2. 55; 4 Collections , VI. 102–103.

2.

According to the Ipswich town records, Castle Hill was granted to John Winthrop, Jr., on January 13, 1637/38. Thomas F. Waters, A Sketch of the Life of John Winthrop the Younger (Cambridge, 1899), 23.