259: “I sent home the Bacheler, and desire your helpe for her disposing. I must of necessity have her returne heere for I may shortly have much use of her: but I desire they may goe for shares and victual them selves, which John Wood and his company are willing to doe. I cannot find that the miscarriage of his voyage was through his default but Contrary winds therefore I am desirous he should and that Company goe still is her, so they will goe for shares and victual themselves. the Blessing I would sell if any will buy her at 160 or 150 £ she Cost 145 besides some new saile, and rigging and a new Cable above 20 £. the Cable is special; good, except you should foresee any occasion that she should rather be kept still: or if their be implyment to Sable for her: but if she continues to goe upon and designe I desire she should goe likewise for her share the men to find themselves, otherwise I would have her laid up at Boston till further occasion. the men I desire should be discharged as soone as ever they Come ashore, and their wages paid them: I thanke you for the bread you sent. you write of 800 but there is not above 300 and an halfe at most delivered, besides 100 they keepe still aboard the rest I cannot learne what become of it but that it hath been wastefully spent: they had besides halfe an hogshead of bread of their owne which was likewise spent and they were but eleven persons they say most of that tyme. for they pillaged her the tyme they had her to Salem pittifully that she hath neyther blockes nor braces nor running ropes, which the Bolt Will sayth teat Mr. Holgrave cutt them of he saw him. therefore I have agreed with John Wood Fredericke and George to take her to thirds. thus with my duty remembred I rest your obedient son.
271: The Blessing was a boat that had already helped make American history. Hubbard in his “New England” says: “The bark Blessing, built by Gov. Winthrop at Mistick in 1631 returned Oct. 2, 1634 from a voyage southward to the Dutch Plantation upon Hudson’s river having made a further discovery of that called Long-Island.” 7 . It is even possible – very possible—that John Wood was on that voyage, and that it was then that he made the acquaintance of Manhattan. He was surely in that town, and investing money in I, by 1640."
256: In the spring of 1636 John Winthrop, Jr. wrote to his father in Boston from Saybrook. to which he was newly and not yet permanently come: “Quineticut May 16:1636 Sir, John Wood being returned with out any Corne I shall -now desire that I may be supplied by the first shipping that arrive with any store of provisions with 10, or 13 hogsh of meale 5 or 6 hogsh of peas 2 or 3 barrells of oatmeale 2 hogsh of beife. for if we should want I see noe meanes to be supplied heere, and a little want may overthrow all our designs.
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