sure yo' LPP it is as barren a soyle as any part of New England, meanly inhabited by a poore sort of people who are forct to labour hard for bread and cloathing, the whole revenue which can bee drawne from their Labours is but 200 of this country pay, which is litle aboue a hundred pound sterling, with which sume all the courts of Justice and other Publique charges are to bee maintained, I durst not endeauo' to stretch their purses farther in the infancy of this change least their affections should bee perverted, and wee doe not want ill neighbours to doe us ill offices in such occasions But by this meanes all their mouthes are stopt, and the first 3 sessions haue bine held with good satisfaccōn to all the Collony, in 7ber is held a generall Assizes the Governour, Councell, and Justices upon the Bench, where the lawes are againe to bee reviewed and amended, in case any reasonable obiections bee made, otherwise to bee confirmed heere, and remitted over to his Royall Highnesse for his Royall hand, to make them authentick, and then if they were printed and imediately sent over they would bee fully satisfactory to these parts, and of some consequence to his Maties Interest, in relation to the other Collonies, Your Lapp will allsoe perceiue by this inclosed determinacōn, betweene the Comissions with the Governo and councell of Conecticutt that those Townes upon the maine to the Eastward of N. Yorke did properly belong to their precedent pattent, soe that there remaynes only, One small Towne to his Royall highnesse, of all that tract of land from Conecticut Riuer to Hudsons Riuer, soe that up Hudsons River which is all the North part, and soe cold that few or none will bestow their Labours, Only one Towne is seated wth Planters to which or very neare the Indenture reacheth. aboue that 70 myles is Albany seated, who are noe planters but only a towne of Trade, with the Indians, Thus the extent of the Dukes Pattent is described to yor LPP and I humbly begg your Lapp to take the whole matter into serious consideracōn, for if the Duke will improove this place to the vtmost, Neither the trade, the

Riuer, nor the Adjacent lands must bee devided from this Collony, but remayne Entire, But if his Royall Highnesse bee weary of the hopes of his new Acquisition It were much better for the publique good to devest himselfe of the whole and then I might haue hopes to bee recalled to the honor of a domestick

In which, or any other Employment I shall most cheerfully pay my duty as long as I liue,

I most humbly recomend my selfe and the necessityes of this place to your Lapps protection, not doubting but with an vnwearied dilligence and constancy both officers and soldiers, and every man heere in his capacity, will in some measure deserve yo' Lapps fauo", of which though I am the most vnworthy yet noe man is more ambitious than I am to bee knowne.

My lord Your Lapps most obedient & most faithfull

May yo good Lord" please once more to giue me leaue to begg in behalfe of those who haue so long beene sufferers vnder the Mesachusetts Gouert and yett finde no releife. On ou arivall they had great hopes of it, but seeing nothing donn, they feare they shall be in a worse condition then formerly, And if his Matie doe not take some spedey course, those who haue declared them selues against them will be vndon, the case of the loyall ptie heare, being all one as it was not long since in England, although they are two for one at least, yett

they are so ouer awed that they cannot helpe them selues, And if his Matie should yet longer suffer these people to goe on in theire way, hauing so much declared them selues, against his authoritie ouer them, those wch are well affected will neuer dare heareafter to declare them selues. besides all those ill consequences we must necessarily follow the loyall pte being daylie threatned, and this day the extraordinary generall Court setting it is rumored abroade, that we shall be commited and that they will send fourth forces in to the Prouince of Mayne to subdue those who latly renownced them, and so freely submitted to his Matte Good my Lord pardon my bouldnes the groanes, and continewall complainte of these poore people constraine me to it. I shall endeauou to keepe vp theire spirite what I may, in hope of a speedy releife.

We supposed the supply we haue heard of had come by one Capt Carteret, but he hath beene long in Virginia and many haue come thence / and we hear nothing of any such thinge / ou expences must necessarily be great and wt we haue receiued heare hath beene to a full quarter pte losse, And for credit we must expect none heare, vpon the acc° we are on Coll Cartwright and my selfe haue not had one farthing worth of all the plunder taken at Delawar it was worth they say about Ten thousand pound, but how squandred away or to whome giuen we know not, a runagat seruant of his confessed he had 400! I mean Sr Robt Carr, he heares he is not to haue the gouerm of Delawarr and therefore now moues the Inhabitants of the prouince of Mayne to petition that he may be Gouerno ouer them/ he indeavours to be very popular / and accepts of Courtesies fron such as are not of the roghtest. I shall trouble you' Lord? no more at p'sent but subscrib my selfe

Your Lord's most humble seruant,

SAMUELL MAVERICKE.

Boston, Augt 11th 65.

Endorsed" Mr. Mavericke of Boston to the Ld. Chan: Aug. 11th 1665. R."

XXXI.

SAMUEL MAVERICK TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON.

RIGHT HONOBLE

May it please your Lord! By Cap! Hide an account was given by us of our proceedings to that day, which was Novembr: 24th last, which came safe to hand, as your Lord was pleased to writ to me. By Cap: Harrison May 30th: we gave a full relation of what had past to that day; but not hearing whether that ship ever arrived, I herewith send you a copy of that letter, which I sent by him: but the particulars of the transactions w the Gen Court of the Massachusets, was sent to New-York: one copy also was sent by Colonel Cartwright, besides that formerly by Harrison. The Court promissed to print it but since refused to do it.

What business was done in the Eastern parts, from the 8th of June, to the last of July Your Lord' may be pleased to see in the copy of the letter sent to M: Secretary Bennett, the originall of which was sent by Colonel Cartwright.

On the third of August a gen"" Court extraordinary, began at Boston to consider (as many supposed) how to mannage theire opposition: And being informed, that they had commissionated Maj: Gen Leverat, Maj Lushar; & Damforth, three of their Champions, to go into Hampshire, & the Province of Mayne to call the inhabitants to an account, for their submitting to his Mate and peticoñing to him, that they might be freed from them S Robert Carr went shortly after thither, expecting their coming. I remained here, to watch their motions; at last about the 4th of October, they set forth, & coming to the hither side of Pascataquay river, it was expected they would have gone over the river into the Province of Mayn; but receiving a letter from S Robert Carr (then being on the other side) they forbore, onely went to Dover, where they had ordered a

Court to be kept that day; & demanding a reason from the inhabitants, why they had peticoñed to be freed from under their governm', and receiving an answer (to be supposed) not according to expectation; within two howers came away for Boston.

On the news of Colonel Cartwright's being taken (as 'tis by most imagined he is) the Gen" then sitting, ordered a gen day of Thanksgiving, to be kept, in all their Jurisdiction; some frivioulous reasons they give for it; but the main is, that God hath yet been pleased to lengthen out the injoymt of their liberties.

Last night M Delavall came from New York hither, haveing been, but 50 howers coming. all are well there: There wants nothing but a supply of inoney, or goods; which Colonel Nicolls & we all desire, may be sent, if not allready done; for without it the Garrisons cannot be maintained, nor we live, as (for his Maties hono) we ought to doe. We carry it on as well as we can, desiring, not to let the people know that we are any way straightned; which to know, would cause some to rejoyce, & insult.

I shall trouble your Lord? no further at present humbly desiring your Lord! to be pleased to be referred to Mr Secretary Bennet for further information, of what ihere a is wanting; for to him by this conveighance we send copy of a Letter sent him by Colonel Cartwright. A copy of the Massachusets declaration; A Copy of J. Porters peticōn, & the protection we gave him, which they so much are troubled at; A copy also of the prohibition they sent to the Constable of Portsmouth, & of theire letter to us, & our answer to them.

By

These we send fearing the former may be lost. all oppertunities I shall acquaint your Lord? with all materiall passages here; Huinbly craveing the continution of your Lord's wonted favours towards me; and I shall ever remaine

Your Lord's most humble serv

SAMUELL MAVERICKE.

Boston Novembr: 7. 1665.