iil IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I 11.25 1^128 12.5 ■tt 1^ 12.2 u 124 lU 1^ >. U i!.6 I '/, ^ > % "^14 4V^^ # o 7 V Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STMH WMSTIR.N.Y. 14SS0 (716)«73-4S03 CIHM/SCMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICIVIH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institiite for Historical IVIicroreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques Cv Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Notes techniques et bibliographiques Tl t( The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Features of this copy which may be bibliographicaliy unique, which may aittar any of ths images in the reproduction, or which may significantly change the usual method of filming, are checked below. D Coloured covers/ Couverture de couleur I I Covers damaged/ Couveiture nndommagie □ Covers restored and/or laminated/ Couverture restaurie et/ou pelliculie □ Cover title missing/ Le titre de couverture manque */ □ Coloured maps/ Cartes gdographiques en couleur Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) I I Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ n D D Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur Bound with other material/ Reli6 avec d'autres documents Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior margin/ La re liuro serrde peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distortion le long de la marge intirieure Blank leaves added during restoration may appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II S6 peut que certaines pages blanches ajouties lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte, mais, iorsquto cela Atait possible, ces pages n'ont pas 6ti filmi^n. Additional comments:/ Comr^ientaires supplimentaires; L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire qu'il lui a 6t6 possible de se procurer. Lea ddtails de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-dtre uniques du point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une modification dans la mithode normale de filmege sont indiquis ci-dessous. I I Coloured pages/ Pages de couleur Pages damaged/ Pages endommagies Pages restored and/oi Pages restaurdes et/ou peilicul^es Pages discoloured, stained or foxe< Pages ddcolor^es, tachetdes ou piqu6es Pages detached/ Pages ddtach^es Showthrough/ Transparence Quality of prin Qu&liti intigale de I'impression Includes supplementary materic Comprend du materiel suppl^mentaire Only edition available/ Seule Edition disponible I I Pages damaged/ r~~| Pages restored and/or laminated/ r~^ Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ I I Pages detached/ Hy] Showthrough/ I I Quality of print varies/ r~n Includes supplementary material/ I I Only edition available/ Ti P o fi bi ti si o\ fi si 01 Tl si Tl w M di ei b( I'M re m D Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to ensure the best possible image/ Les pages totalement ou partiellement obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, une peiure, etc., ont 6x6 filmies 6 nouveau de fa^on 6 obtenir la meilleure image possible. This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est film6 au taux de rMuction indiquA ci-dessous. 10X 14X 18X 22X I I I I I I I I I I I U l I 26X 30X 12X 16X 20X 24X 28X 32X The copy filmed here has been reproduced thanks to the generosity of: Library of the Public Archives of Canada L'exemplaire film* f ut reprodult grice A la g*n6rositA de: La bibiiothdque des Archives pubiiques du Canada The images appearing here are the best quality possible considering the condition and legibility of the original copy and in keeping with the filming contract specifications. Original copies in printed paper covers are filmed beginning with the front cover and ending on the last page with a printed or illustrated impres- sion, or the back cover whan appropriate. All other original copies are filmed beginning on the first page with a rinted or illustrated impres- sion, and ending on the last page with a printed or illustrated impression. The last recorded frame on each microfiche shall contain the symbol ^^ (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or the symbol y (meaning "END"), whichever applies. Las images suivantes ont 4t6 reproduites avec le plus grand soin, compte tenu de la condition et de la nettetA de l'exemplaire filmd, et en conformit6 avec ies conditions du contrat de filmage. Les exemplaires oriyinaux dont la couverture en papier est imprimis sont filmis en commenpant par le premier plat et en terminant soit par la derniire page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'illustration, soit par le second plat, selon le cas. Tous lee autres exemp!aires originaux sont filmto en commen9ant par la premiere page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminant par la derniire page qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un des symboles suivants apparaltra sur la de' nidre image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbols — ► signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbols V signifie "FIN". Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corr.ar, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les curtes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre fiimte A des taux de reduction diffirents. Lorsque ie document est trop grar«d pour Atre reprodult en un seul clich6, 11 est film6 d partir de I'angle supirieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images nicessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illu9trent la mithode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 New York Colonial TraSls, Number I. IrJogage of tfte Sloop lEarg. JOURNAL . OF THE VOYAGE OF THE FROM ^UEBECK, Together with an Account of her Wreck ofF Montauk Point, L. I., ANNO I70I. WITH bitrodudlion and J\\)tes By E, B. O'CALLAGHAN. ALBANY, N. Y., J. MUNSELL, 78 STATE ST. 1866. p No. Edition, loo Copies. /-32Z3 ^ < TO THE READER. yHE Journal and accompa- nying Papers now publifhed have been copied from a few mouldering Leaves lying among the Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany. They are confidered worthy of Preferva- tion, as Illuftrative of the Trade which was carried on by Sea in thofe early Times with Canada, and as connected, in fome Degree, with fubfequent Events in the Hif- tory of New York. Tmamimmamm VI To the Reader, \ ' The iirft Attempt to open a Trade by Sea between New York and that Country was made in 1658, when the French Bark St. Jeatiy Captain John Perel, failed from the Port of New Amfterdam for Quebeck, with a Cargo of Sugar and Tobacco. That Velfel was, un- fortunately, wrecked off the liland of Anticofti, and fo the Enterprife failed. New York, on becoming a Britifli Colony, came under the Britifh Trade Ads, which forbade all Commerce between the Colonies and Foreign Plantations. Whatever commercial Intercourfe there was To the Reader, Vll fubfequently with Canada, previous to 1763, was, therefore, carried on in a furreptitious Manner, through Lake Champlain. Occafionally, however, in Time of Peace, co- lonial Ventures were fent to Que- beck by Sea, the Laws enacted to the contrary notwithftanding. King William's War terminated in 1697, and Peace continued with France until 1702. Towards the clofe of this Peace the Sloop Mary was fent with a Cargo, conlifting of Flour, Tobacco, Earthenware, &c., to Quebeck. Having remained there fifteen Days (he fet Sail, loaded with Wine, Brandy and Furs, on £'■ viii To the Reader, her Return, and, after leaving the Gulf of St. Lawrence, purfued a ftridly coafting Voyage. Pafling by the Iflands of St. Paul and Prince Edward, (he ran through the Gut of Canfo, and then along the fouth Coaft of Nova Scotia, flopping occafionally here and there at Places, the Names of which are laid down in the Journal. This was nearly half a Century before Halifax was founded. On leav- ing that Coaft, the Mary fteered Weft acrofs to ancient Agamenti- cus, now York, in Maine ; thence coafted to Cape Anne, where (he anchored; touched at "ye Mifery," ¥* To the Reader, IX and landed at Salem, avoiding Bofton and its revenue Officers; rounded Cape Cod, and came to an Anchor off Webb's Ifland, which has fince been fwallowed up by the Sea. On the i6th November, 1701, being then twenty- five Days from Quebeck, (he reached Martha's Vineyard, and here terminates the Journal. Seven Days after, (he was driven afhore at Montauk. The Journal was found in the Cheft of John Maher, the Mate by whom it was probably written. We append to it an Account of the return Cargo of the VelTel, and of feveral Incidents connedted with her lofs. B Mi I X To the Reader. On receiving Intelligence of the Difafter, Lieutenant Governor Nan- fan, ther. adminiftering the Govern- ment of New York, defpatched Lieutenant Oliver to Eafthampton to take Charge of the Sloop and Cargo, which were foon after con- demned for Violation of the Trade and Navigation Laws. From this Adjudication an Appeal to the High Court of Admiralty in Eng- land was entered, "whereupon it was ordered that John Champante Efq., Agent of .the Province, be delired to take care in the faid matter, and retain the King's Attor- ney Generall [Northey] and Mr To the Reader. XI Pere Williams as Councill therein, and he fhall be allcv^^ed his fFees and Expences about the fame." The Owner of the Sloop and Cargo now turned out to be Cap- tain Vetch, who figured fomewhat prominently in New York and Maf- fachufetts Hiftories in the fore Part of the laft Century, and of whom we have colledted the following Particulars. Samuel Vetch was the fon of a " Godly Minifter and a Glorifier of God in the Grafs Market," Edin- burgh. Having no Trade, he was appointed, on account of his Father, one of the feven Councillors who xii To the Reader, conftituted the local Government of the Colony of Caledonia, a Scotch Settlement, eftablilhed in 1698 at Darien, a little South of the Ifthmus of Panama. This Colony having been denounced by Govern- ment as an unjuftifiable Encroach- ment on Spanifli Territory, was per Force abandoned. The following Yearfeveral of the Adventurers were brought to New York, and on the 20th Dec, 1700, Mr. Vetch married Margaret, Daughter of Robert Liv- ingfton, of Albany, whofe Son, with faid Vetch and one Mr. Saffin,* are • John Saffin was a Signer with Vetch to the Petition got up in New York againft Lt. Gov. Nanfan in December, 1701. i II li To the Reader, xiii faid to have been interefted in the Sloop Mary. In the Summer of 1700, we find him attending fundry Indian Con- ferences at Albany, and at this Time, probably, the Trade to Can- ada attrafted his Attention ; for in the following Year we have the Refult of his firft Experiment in the prefent Journal. He next turns up at Bofton in 1705, when he was fent to Quebeck by Gov. Dudley, of MafTachufetts, with Propofals for a Treaty or Truce between Canada and New England ; after which Vifit he boafted that he knew more of TSgSBOBmm • v\ xiv To the Reader, Canada than the People who were living there. He was afterwards employed in procuring an exchange of Prifoners at Port Royal, N. S. ; and, on returning to Boflon, was arrefted, committed to Pnfon on a Charge of Trading with the French and Indians, Enemies to the Go- vernment, and fined £200. Subfequent Events feem to indi- cate that this Voyage of the Sloop Mary was not intended wholly for Trade. Colonel Vetch, who, fays Smith, had been feveral Years before at Quebeck, and founded the St. Lawrence, vifited England in 1708, and laid before the Miniftry the 7!? the Reader, XV bold Projedt of feizing Canada, of which Country he afpired to be the Governor. His Plan was approved, and he returned to New York with the Queen's Inftrud:ions for the Expedition, which he laid before the Lieutenant Governor, the Council and the Aflembly in joint Seflion, 17th May, 1709. But this Expe- dition aborted after putting the Province to great Expenfe, and Vetch, whom all fwore againft as the Caufe of the ufelefs Outlay, retired to Rhode Ifland. In the Fall of the following Year, he ferved as Adjutant General in an Expedition againft Port Royal, N. V.h K: M xvi To the Reader, S., and on the Redudion of that Place, the Name of which was changed to Annapolis, he was ap- pointed Governor thereof. He does not appear to have been conneded with the Expedition againft Canada in 171 1, and eventually returned to England, where he was refiding in 1 71 9, and where he eventually died, 30th April, 1732. In the Hope of rendering this little Trad of further Interefl-, a few Notes are fubjoined indica- tive of the Places at which the Sloop touched in her Voyage, and embodying Information refpeding fome of the prominent Inhabitants :;| m To the Reader, xvu of Eafthampton at that remote Pe- riod. Thefe we hope will relieve, in fome degree, the drynefs of the uncouth Text, and render it more acceptable to the Reader. . JOURNAL or THE l^ogage of tfte Sloop Hiftarg. 1 1 ' it ii^' ; '( < i . ? fiiit JOURNAL. OSiohar y ^: 1 7 o i ' T 12 to dayye^ind Caime vp at s : and ffe faire wather fmothe wotor Litil wind at 4 to daye Caime along Cape Marey fliore hiley land and uery hy Land Corfe a Long fhore nw: and nwbw 12 and at wnw and w' and wbs fres gaile of wind efe and ebs thick wather and ( 2 ) fom Raine at lo to day we came by fom Lo Land maide Licke Iflands diftance from Cape mareys 62 Legs from thofe Iflands to II Rufey is 25 Legs Coiirs O&obary" 4'" 1701 At 12 to day Reft Mainfel frefh gaile of wind at e. and fom Raine, at on aclock to day ftod of or nwbn to y^ north fhor graite fea at 6 to night maide v^ north fliore Cors along fliore wfw at 7 aclock Maid fom Land low and at y^ eter"dmofl: end maide Like an Ifland Cors along flior fwbw ;■ S (3 ) and wfw at 8 to night we maid fom brakers of from this Land Diftanc 2 mils from y® fhore Cors along whs. at 10 to night maid y^' II Rufey at 1 2 to night Caime Along fhore wfw nereft at 8 this morning maid y« lil Cudor* fres gaile at ne : and ene OEiohar y" 5 : 1701 faire wather fres gaile of wind at ne and ene at 2 to daye we Caime to an Ancker *Ifle aux Coudres, about 2 miles from the North Shore of the River St. Lawrence, and fome 50 Miles below Quebec. mmmm ll:; ll I'f II ( + ) about 3 Legs to y^ eftard of y^ Ifland Orlane. Ai 6 to night Caime to faile againe litil wind at fw Cours up along y^ Ifland Or- lane fw: fwbw: at lo to night Caime to anckar ner y^ plafe wher we loft our anker At 2 to night waid our anc- ker again OSiobar y^ 6 1701 It beng fair wather and Litil Wind and drofe up with the tid till 8 this morning Caime to an Anker at the weft end of y^ Ifland orlene at 3 to d waid againe fres gaile of wend at 6 ^111 i (5) to day Caime to an Enker at Caback * OSiobar y" 7 1701 things delifard. out of y« flope Marey to 166 Chefes to 20 Rols of tobacko to ll^ Rols of tobacko to 9 barels of flower to 2 fquare boxes marckt S.V. to I flat box mart B 2 to I Lather tronke to 2 hogheds of botls marked SR sj: Quebec. liiBiiiii l(ii».iii1 W ]WS !*CTWJ ^'J i iilllf i # ( 22 ) Nouefnber y^ 9 : 1701 It being Sunday thick wa- ther fnow fres gaile of wind at nwbn Cors thos 24 hors fwbw dift 84 Legs meridon Dift 69"^ Diftanc Latt^ 46"* Latt^ by Jodgment 43 — 40 Nouembti '' 10 day ij 01 It being munday this 24 hours fres gaile of wind at nnw and nbw grait fea and thick wather fnow Cors till 6 fwbw dift Legs at 6 tacked we had bot 1 2 faddams watar Jodg to be on fon gorgs* and ^'St. George's Bank. Ir ( 23 ) ftod to y« norod Cors ne — till 8 this morning y^ wind did away diftance 9 Legs Cors this 24 hours wbn diftanc 27 mer- idion diftanc 28 diffr Latt^ 5 holl meridon diftance from Cap fabls 96"^^ Latf^ by Jodg- ment 43 — 05 Nouember y' 11 c^aye lyoi It being tufday this 24 hours litill wind and imoth watar Cors this 24 hours nwbn dif- tanc 89*" meridon diftanc S5 DifFr Latt 65 hoi meridon diftanc from Cap fabls 151 Latt^ by Judgment 44 — 05 rn " mmmm \-p: { 2+ ) Nouemher y' 12 1701 It being weniday This 24 hours uerey haifey wather and fome Raine Litill winds at wbs Cors this 24 hours Dif- tanc 48 meridon Diftanc 44"^ hole meridon diftanc difr Latt 18 from Cap fabis to Cape pane* 195"^ at 12 laft night y^ wind Caime up at nne fres gaile and fome Raine at 8 this morning Eckamenticosf and ^ftod ibw of or for Cap Cod at 10 to tacked againe and ftod for Cap an * Cape Ann. f Agamenticus, now York, New Hampfhire. ( 25 ) Nouembery' 13 day ly 01 It being thorfday At i to day Caime to an anker in Cap an thick wather the wind at ene fres gaile at 2 this morn- ing waid our anker againe and went out thick wather y^ wind at ne and ftod ofor for Cape Cod at 6 tacked and ftod in for failum* at 8 Caime to an- ker within y^ miferyf '•' Salem. t Misery Ifland, ofF Salem Harbor. It IS joined to Little Mifery Ifland bv a Bar at half Tide. ^ D ( 26 ) llilii J iliiifl ui Iff Nouemhery' 14 day 1701 It being Friday thick wather y^ wind at ne and fum Raine day hift out our bot and went afhor grait fea and ftof bar at 4. maid our anker againe and Ran up Nouembery' i ^ day ly 01 It being faturday at 3 this morning Caime to faile againe Litil wind at ene Cors from failam harbor fe to Cape Cod at 8 maid Cape Coc^, a 12 to day we wos up with y^ by Land of y^ Cape 9 ( 27 ) Nouember y i6'^ It being funday faire wather at 6 Came to anker of againft webs Ifland* Litil wind at ene : fair wather at 8 ofor by^ fandy * When the Englifh firft fettled upon the Cape (Malebarre) there was an Ifland off Chatham, at three Leagues Diftance, called Webb's Ifland, con- taining twenty Acres, covered with red Cedar or Savin. This Ifland has been wholly worn away for almofl: a Century. A large Rock that was upon the Ifland, and which fettled as the Earth waflied away, now marks the Place. It rifes as much above the Bottom of the Sea, as it ufed to rife above the Surface of the Ground. The Water is fix Fa- thoms deep on this Spot. — Mqfs. Mag., iii, 151. f mssssss ( 28 ) pynt* Cors from fyl Iflandst to CapogeJ wfw at 4. to day Caime to anker in Martanve- nerd * Cape Malebar, or Sandy Point, South of Cape Cod. f Seal Iflands, Nova Scotia. jCape Poge, on the eaft End of Martha's Vineyard. ACCOUNT OF THE SLOOP MARY And Her Cargo W^^ drove on fliore at Mantauke as a Wrecke not having any p''fon on Board her the Twenty third Day of November 1701 and fo was ceafed by Jofiah Ho- bart by a Power Given him by the Hon^i^ Coll William Smith thereunto authorized by his Late Excellency the Earleof Bellomont Deceafed w^^ Acc^ was taken before f il' i ( 30 ) the faid Coll Smith and the goods furendred unto him and by him depofited in the hands of the faid Capt Jofiah Hobart and Mr Abra- ham Schellenx, To Anfwer the Law as the Government (hall diredt The Sloope w'^ her ftand- ing Riging The Sayles and runing Rig- ing I hh'^ of Brandy 18 Quarter Cafk of Brandy 4 hh^^ of Claret 60^'' of Beaver ftones 200 feale ikinns ,' M ( 31 ) :he 3 Beaver fkiiis & a Papoofe im I Doz of Catt fkins: 2 in Otters ipt I Boult of Hollands Ducke ra- I p^ of Broad Canvas v^er 18 p^ and 1 wo remnants of ^nt feverall forts of ftuff 7 pceces of CuUerd Demity 8 p^ of ftript Kentings id- 4. p^ or Remnants of Alli- gars ig- 3 Remnants of Dyed callica 4 P** of mufling or Rem- -^nts idy 4. Printed Callico Carpetts 2 bundles of Beads 9 P^ of Printed lining or callico and a Remnant i n ( 32 ) A Remnant of Light Co- lored Broad cloth 14 yards 12 ps of Stuff and two Remnants A parcel of tobacco I Ps of Light cullered (h^- loone The Eight p^ of Kenting and three p'' of Remnants of muflin remain in poffeffion of Coll William Smith=-= ^William Smith, commonly known ar, "Tangier" Smith, was born in Eng- land in 1655. After having been for fome Time Governor of Tangiers, he came to New York and fettled at Brookhaven, L. I., and in 1693 had his Property there erefted into a Manor, by the Title of St. George's Manor. He filled various important Offices in the Colony, and died Feb. 18, 1705. ( 33 ) Rec'^ the Goods aboue of William Smith for the Ends and intents aforef '^ atteft our hands JOSIAH HOBART ABRAHAM SCHELLENX^'^ November the 27'^-' 1 701 Wee Jofiah Hobart and Abraham Schellenx doe owne that wee haue this 29*^ day of * Abraham Schellinger, of Eaft- hampton. He was in the CommifTion of the Peace from 1702 to 17 12. He made a Voyage in 171 1 from Eaft- hampton co New York in Command of his own Sloop, which was embar- goed there on account of the Expedi- tion againft Canada. His Will is dated 7 March, 17"!^, and he died, it is inferred, about 17 12. ( 34 ) Novem^*^ deliuered Vnto Let' Charles Oliver the above p'^ti- culers : according to the order of the Honor^^^ J^^^^ Nanfan Efq"^ Let' gov*^ of y^ p'^vince of N. York JOS HOBART ABRAHAM SCHELLINX h i l!l Received the above goods from L' Oliver into his Ma- jeftys Cuftom houfe this i8 dec, 1701 T. WEAVER Colltr 5 December 1701 Ea/{\ Hampton j Before Mee Jofiah Hobart one of his Majefty's Juftices ( 35 ) of peace William Rofe made oath that he being at Mean- tauke to helpe to fave goods out of the wreck that was Caft on fhore there he faw Landed there out of her twen- tythree or twenty foure fmall Cafke : fix hheds : a p^ of Red Cloath and a parcell of bever ftones in a box as he the de- ponant Judged to be about two third parts full, & a bever coate or coverled taken the day aboue [^ Co- ram me JOS. HOBART. mi i ( 36 ) Ea^ Hajnpton the 11'^' day\^ of Decemk 1701 J Mr Abraham Schelenx Vpon oath teftifies that thofc papers Viz. the Jornall and the paper of the accompt of the goods Landed from the floop Mary & taken on bord her, wear handed to him on bord the fayd floope when fhe Lay on fhore at Meantauke & affirmed to be taken out of the Mates Chefl: whofe name is John Maher and they gaue him that refon becaufe within the fayd Chefl: was a booke with fayd Mayher his Name in it and i I ( 37 ) further this deponant fayth not. This depofition taken the day above fayd Coram me JOS HOBART.* * JosiAH HoBART, of EafthatTipton, L I., was one of the Patentees of that To vn, according to the Grant made by Gov. Dongan in 1686. He was Sheriff of Suffolk County from 1685 to 1689, and from 1691 to 1699. He was fubfequently in the Commiffion of the Peace from 1700 to 171 1. In May, 1695, he obtained a confirmatory Grant of eight Acres of Upland, which is defcribed as bounded fouthwardly by the home Lot of Daniel Bifbop, north by Thomas Edwards, weft by the town Street of Eaflhampton, and eafl by the town Swamp, together with two Acres of fait Meadow, next unto that of William Scaliger. His Death is fuppofed to have occurred about the Year 171 1 or 17 12. mmmmm njl., . m ( 38 ) Tn° Wick's affidavit aged 40 teftifyeth that he and Dod:'" Wade ware imployed by the March* of y^ floop about 80 tuns being drove on fliore a Httle Eaftwad of Southampton we did houfe into Cap* Mul- fords"^" ware houfe 6 bails one * Samuel Mulford was born in Sa- lem, Mafs., in 1645. He was the Son of John Mulford, who was one of the firft Settlers of the Town of Eaft- hahipton, Commiflioner of Indian Af- fairs on the eaft End of Long Ifland, Juftice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, 1 665- 1 673, and Reprefenta- tive for that County in the firft Aflem- bly of New York in 1683. On this lail Occafion Samuel was chofen, with others, a Delegate to feled fuch Re- prefentative. In 1686, certain Parties ( 39 ) Cheft of goods four bails Con- had obtained an Order from the Go- vernor and Council that. Land be laid out for them in the Town. Againft this Order a ftrong Proteft was drawn up, figned by Samuel Mulford, the Recorder of the Town, and by Beat of Drum, publiHied and affixed upon the Wall of their Meeting Houfe. An Information was filed againft all con- cerned in the " Scandalous and Libel- lous paper," and they were ordered profecuted, but with what Refult is not known. In 1689, Mr. Mulford was appointed by Lieut. Gov. Leif- ler, Juftice of the Peace for Suffolk County, and continued in the Com- miflion until 17 12. He reprefented his County in the Aflembly from 1705 to 1720, and foon took a prominent Pofition in public Affairs. The Go- vernors, by Virtue of a Claufe in their Commiflion, claimed the Fourteenth of all Oil and Bone procured from mmm ( +0 ) tents unknown but by the f ^ Whales caught at Sea, and required Whalemen to take out Licenfes. Capt. Mulford vifited England during Lord Cornbury's Adminiftration to procure Relief from this Exadion. He fuc- ceeded fo far that nothing was demand- ed of, nor paid by the Whalemen until the Acceflion of Gov. Hunter, who revived the Claim and caufed an Adion to be inftituted in the Supreme Court againft Mr. Mulford and others in 1712, for having converted the Queen's Property to their own Ufe. This Suit was carried from Court to Court as many as fifteen or fixteen Times, and finally Judgment was given and Execution iflued by Ch. Juftice Mor- ris againft the Defendants, who were mulfted in heavy Damages and Cofts. The Houfe of Aftembly next became the Theatre of Capt. Mulford's Ac- tion. On 2d April, 1714, the Houfe being in Committee on the Governor's i , (i J»i ( +1 ) March^' ord' two bails and the Speech, Capt. Mulford referred to fome ill Meafures that had been taken, and afked for Juftice. This Speech was fubfequently printed; fome Time after which the Aflembly was diflblved and a new one eleded, to which Capt. Mulford, then nearly 70 years of age, was again returned. In violation of all parliamentary Law, this new Houfe expelled him on 2d June, 171^, "for printing, without Leave of the Houfe, a Speech formerly made to the Af- femhly, in which are many falfe and fcandalous Refledions upon the Go- vernor." And the next Week he was indifted for a high Mifdemeanor, but the Grand Jury refufed to find a Bill. Attorney General Jamifon then filed an Information againft him for print- ing and publifhing the above Speech, and he was obliged to give Security in the Sum of £500^ that he fliould at- tend the Court, and not depart without =51H ( 42 ) Chcft we opend confifting of Leave. The AfTembly being again diflblved, Capt. Mulford was reelected for Suffolk, and took his Seat in the new Houfe in June, 1716; and on 2ift Aug. following the Aflembly pre- fented an Addrefs to Gov. Hunter, praying that the Profecution againft Capt. Mulford fhould be difcontinued. The Governor declined to comply un- lefs Mr. Mulford (hould acknowledge that he had fet out a falfe Libel, and apologife. This the Captain peremp- torily refufed, as he could prove all he alleged in his Speech. " The worft of it was, it was too true." After the Houfe rofe in September, Capt. Mul- ford again proceeded to England to complain of Gov. Hunter, who, on hearing of his Departure, tranfmit- ted a Defpatch to the Lords of Trade, in which he reprefented the Complainant as "the only Mutineer at prefent" in the Province, and a I i ■ (+3 ) linnens Cheifly the w'^*' I w**' Dod'^ Wade & Henry Ludlam Fugitive from Juftice. On his arrival in England, Capt. Mulford drew up and prefented "A Memorial of Sev- eral Aggrievances and Oppreflions of His Majefty's Subjeds in the Colony of New York, in America." This Paper, which was referred to the Board of Trade, was printed in England, and a number of Copies communicated to Members of the Houfe of Commons. In September, 1717, Gov. Hunter called the attention of the Aflembly to this "very ftrange Memorial," and the Houfe voted it "a moft falfe, ma- licious and fcandalous paper," de- manded that the Author be brought to Juftice, and, alluding to Capt. Mulford, declared that, *' tho one of the Aflembly of this Colony, he is very much a Stranger to the Affairs and Interefts of it, and, to promote his ft: -f ( 4+ ) did bair away into y^ woods and after by ord* of f "• March^'' beloved Connedicut, an Enemy to it." Further Adion was, however, inter- rupted by the adjournment of the Le- giilature; and in the following Spring, Gov. Hunter was ordered to ceafe all Proceedings againft Mr. Mulford, or his Sureties. " The incouragement Mr. Mulford and fome others met with from fome great Men" so dif- gufted His Excellency that he refolved to return to Englanid. Gov. Burnet met the AiTembly in 1720, and early in the Seifion, Capt. Mulford objeded to the legality of the Houfe, but upon what Grounds does not appear; and refufing to fit and aft with it, he was expelled a fecond Time on the 26th Odober. He now returned for the laft Time to his Conftituents, to whom he was endeared by his many and con- tinuous Efforts in their Service, and died in 1725, a[^ *d 80 years. K! ( 45 ) did deliver to Cap* Abr: Howel y^ f^ goods and left f^ Howel w*'^ y^ P' goods in y^ woods w*h chriftiffer Fofter Daniel Haley Richard Haley and where they fecured them Knows not, only feven [peices of cloath] hath Cap* Howel deliured me for the reward of my labor pains and Expence in y* fervis. for w^'' cloath I afterward did receiue a boy of 9 or lo years of age, y^ w^^ is to ferve me 13 years and for f ^ boy according to obliga- tion deliuer thofe 7 peeces w**^- out furth'^ reward: alfo the mafter of f'' floop deliuer'^ to 4 mmmmtm t f ifl v.mt^ % ( +6 ) me an Eleven peices of wolcn fluff and Linnin cloaths: y^ w^h by (^ Mafters ord'^ I af? did deliuer to Cap" Howels fon Abr: and where fecur'd I Know not: The f^ deliueryes and agreements were Con- traded and made before any directions or ord'^ from Go- vernment to me in y*^ premi fes ^■ \ i ( 47 ) Hunting toune^ March 19, 1702. John Wick* appeared before me and gaue upon oath y^ truth of y^ aboue written [JOHN] WOOD Juft ''•John Wick, of Southampton, Yeo- man, was Sheriff of Suffolk County from Odober, 1699, to Odober, 1700, and from December 20, 1701, to Odober, 1702, und a Magiftrate of the County from 1702 until his Death. His Will, on File in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, Al- bany, is dated 15th Dec, 1718 ; from which it appears that his Wife's Name was Temperance. He had five Sons, viz: Job, John, Henry, Daniel and James, and two Daughters, Temper- ance and Edith. Provifion was made in the Will that John "be brought up to learning at College." He accor- dingly entered Yale, where he graduated in 1722. K^ J I ( 48 ) m Rajlhajnpton^ Ded'X The ^^^ 1 70 1. J Memorandum — Taken out of my Pocket Book, being The names of the men That Watched the goods upon the Beatch att Meantauke Belonging To The Sloop Mary Drove on Shore here The 2^^^ Nov''^ 1701. Ebenezer Leeke Conftable Ebenezer Leeke J"" Ikobell Leek Sam'^ Hedges John Conklin, fon of Benj" Conklin ( 49 ) Tho Edwards Lyon Gardiner Nath" Baker V/^as y« firft That Went on board y^ Sloope after Wray of Block Ifland, as I have been Informed. The names of y^ men That helped To unlade y^ Sloope &c. David Conklin John Lupton Joliah Garlick Lewis Conklin John Perfons Will Rofe G p ' I' 1 I i i ' i M ( 50 ) The mens names That Carted y^ goods from Meantauke to Eafthampton Sam'^ Perfons Jun' Rob^ Eaton, Jiin' John Wheeler Jun' Hedges Will'" Schelknxs' Teeme & horfes, But not himfelfe. FINIS. :ed ike He