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P L A N
FOR SEIZING AND CARRYING TO NEW-YORK
COLL. WM. GOFFE
THE REGICIDE,
As fet forth in the affidavit of
JOHN LONDON, Apr. 20, I678.
Publifhed from the original in the office
of the Secretary of State of New- York,
BY
FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, M. D.
With other documents on the fame
fubjed  among the State Papers
of Connedticut.
"They did not regard them as Traitors, but as unfortunate fufferers in the noble caufe of civil Liberty,
proftrated by the Reftoration, and again loft and overwhelmed
in the return and irrefiftable inundation of Tyranny."
PRESIDENT STILES.
ALBANY,
WEED, PARSONS & CO.
M. DCCC. LTV.








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THE DEPOSICON
OF
JOHN LONDON
of TVindor in Connedicutt Apr. 20, I 678.
[N. Y. Colonial MSS., Vol. xxix, Secretary's Ofice,
Albany, N. Y.]
John London of Winfor neare
Hartford in the Colony of Conecticutt in New England, aged about
fifty yeares, depofeth That Jofeph
Bull Sen'r (comonly called Capt
Bull,) of Hartford, hath for feverall yeares paft (& for ought hee
knowes ftill doth) kept privately
Coll Goffe, at his owne houfe
there, or his fons, hee goeing by
the name of Mr Cooke; And that
Whaley lived & dyed at Hadley
in thofe parts, & was buryed in the




buryeing place there. That being
certifyed of the above Goffes
aboade, in the month of May laft,
hee the deponent, together with
Robert Howard of Winfor aforefd
(who profeffeth phifick) went to
the houfe of the laid Bull, where
they faw him & having formerly
knowne him in England the deponent was well fatisfyde that hee
was the fame man which fd Dr.
Howard did alfo affirme to him,
as hee had done afore, hee being
the firft difcoverer of his being
there unto him.
That the faid Dr Howard did
alfo informe him the deponent,
that the Trade driven by fd Bull
or his Children, in Goods or Merchandize, was on the behalfe of
fd Goffe, & that Mr. James Richards
of Hartford, brought over a good




cargoe for the use of fd Goffe about
two yeares agoe.
That the deponent being so affured of ye faid Goffes aboade as
before, in the fame month of May,
thinking it his duty, hee did call
about & contrive which way to
apprehend him,reafonablyfuppofing
by Mr Richards a6ting for him,
being a member of the Independent
Church & a principall Magiftrate
there, that the authority would not
countenance him, but the discovery
to them would rather tend to his
Ruine. The deponent therefore
thought it convenient to advife wth
& haue affiftance of fome other
persons to feize vpon & bring the
faid Goffe to this place & fo difclosed the fame to one Thomas
Powell his neighbour, who promift
to affift the deponent therein, but




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no fooner had the deponent difcovered his knowledge & refolucon
to the fd Powell, but hee privily
went downe to Hartford upon a
Saturday & gave informacon agnft
him, to Major Talcott & Capt Allen.  That hee the deponent was
goeing away to New Yorke having
his horfe ready, on Monday following, but intended to furprize Coll.
Goffe & carry him away with him.
That the night following the fd
Powell returned to Winfor with
the Marfhall Graves who about
breake of day came to the depts
houfe & knock't & called to him
to arife.
The fd dept knowing the Marfhallss voice afkt' him what hee
would have & what was the matter.
The Marfhall an fwcre'd that the dept
muft gett up, for the Gent. at Hart



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ford had fent to fpeake with him:
Whereupon the deponent arofe &
went with them to Hartford, where
when they arrived, they went firft
to Major Talcotts, & from thence
together to Capt Allens.
At the deponents coming there
Capt Allen afk't him when hee
went to New York. The dept
replyed, hee did not know but if
hee had any buifneffe to comand
him, & would pay him for it, hee
was ready to goe prefently Capt
Allen faid not hee but demanded
him, if hee the dept had not appointed to goe thither on Monday,
upon the depts saying hee knew
nothing of it, Powell was call'd in
then a paper was taken off the
Table which Capt Allen faid hee
woulde reade to him, if hee would
hear it. The depont replyde that




hee came to heare what they had
to alleadge agft him having fent
for him upon ye Sabbath day, fetching him out of his houfe, as a Traytor or Malefactor.
Then Capt Allen read the paper
or charge given in agft the dept
by Thom: Powell relating what the
dept had fd unto him. Whereupon
the dept put them upon the proofe
of it Powells charge being alleadged.
The dept replyde hee was but a
tingle Teftimony, & likewife was
an idle drunken fellow, & no heed
to be given to what hee fd, & the
depont being in paffion threatened
the faid Powell that if hee could
not have his remedy at Law agft
him hee would take his owne fatiffation.
Thereupon the depont being difmift' he returned home.




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Not long after Majr Talcott &
Capt Allen came to Windfor to
feekle for other Informacon agft
the dept but finding none lett the
matter fall, yet charged the dept
not to depart out of the County
without a speciall Licence.
That at the fame time when the
fd Major Talcott & Capt Allen
were then there the depont told the
fd Major Talcott & Capt Allen &
others preft publickely, that hee
the depont knew that they kept
& concealed Coll: Goffe amongft
them, & that hee could when hee
pleafed lay his hand on his fhoulder; To which they replyde the
dept was miftaken, for Goffe was
long fince dead, & charged the
dept to bee a Traytor to their Colony
& deferved to bee hanged for confpiring agft them.




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That afterwards the depont made
a fhip to goe off to Bofton under
pretence of taking a horfe to fell
there, from thence hee fhip't himfelfe for Maryland to his brother
Major Ambrofe London living at
Annemeffick, in Somerfett County
& there gave this Informacon upon
oath to his fd brother, Collonell
Stevenfon, & Collonell Colburne,
defiring it might bee fent into
Engl'd, which they promis't. From
thence the depont came to the
Whorekill, & fo hither. And further faith not.
Sworne before mee by the aforefd
John London, in New Yorke, the
20oth day of Apr I680:
MATTHIAS NICOLLS, Sec'y.
[Upon the receipt of the above
intelligence Gov Andros addreffed




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the following letter to the Governor
of Connedticut, which with the accompanying documents are among
the State papers of Connedticut
Miscellaneous. Vol. i, Doc. I, 2.]
Hon'ble S'rs. —Being informed by
Depoficons taken upon Oath that
Coll Goth hath been and is ftill
kept and Concealed by Capt. Jofeph
Bull and his fonns in the Towne of
Hartford under the name of Mr
Cooke The fd Goth and CollWhaley
(who is fince dead in yor parts)
hauing been perfued as Traitors,
that I may not be wanting in my
duty, doe hereby giue you the above
intimacon, noe wayes doubting of
yor loyalty in euery refped and remaine Hon'ble Srs. Your affectionate neighbor and humble fervant.           E. ANDROSS.
New Yorke May I8th, I68o.




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SuperfcriptionFor the Honoble John Leete
Efqr Governor & the Affiftants
of His Maties Collony of Connecticutt, att Hartford. Thefe. For
his Maties fpeciall fervice.
MATTHIAS NICOLLS, Secy.
On the face of the letter in the handwriting of Sec'y. Alyn.
Prefently upon receipt of this
letter, June Ioth,'8o, the Gour.
Major Talcott & the Secretary
being (when they receiued the letter)
together, ordered the Secretary to
send forth a warrant to the conftables of Hartford to make fearch
for fd Col. Goff in the letter metioned which was don accordingly
before we parted. The copy of ye
wvarrn.




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To the Conftables of Hartford.
Whereas Sr. Edmond Andross Governor of N: Yorke by his letters
to us juft now receiued hath certifyed to us that Captn Jos. Bull &
his fonns of this Town doe conceale
Col: Goffe under the name of Mr.
Cooke, there are therefore in his
Maties. name to will & require
you and ftridly to charge and command you upon fight hereof to make
diligent fearch in the houfes barns
out houfes & all places therein
for the fayd Col: Goffe, & if you
find him or them or any ftranger
in their or either of their houses
you are to aprehend & in fafe custody to convay them to the Governor, that they may be examind &
difpofed of according to His Ma'ties pleafure formerly declared to
us, & you are alfo to make search




in all places wth in your limits where
there may be any (or the least) fuffpition that they may be hid or concealed, & you are to make return
of the feruing hereof to the Governor vnder your hands, hereof you
may not fayle as you will answer
the contrary at your perill. Dated
in Hartford June Ioth, I68o, p
order of ye Govr. &c.
figned p. JOHN ALIYN, Secret'ry.
REPLY TO ANDROSS S LETTER.
Hartford, June IIth, i68o0:
Hon'ble Sr: —Athough we muft
acknowledg o'r engagement vnto
your Honor for giuing vs intimation
of what had been offerd to your
felfe refpecting his Maties feruice
(we fhould haue taken it well had
your Honor been pleafed to haue




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giuen vs an acco't. of the names
of the informers (which yet we
defire you would be pleafed to
doe fpeedily) & we doubt not but to
giue you fufficient fattisfadtion, to
clear it vp that we are much abufed
by thofe falls reports, concerning
the good people of this place. For
the prfent we know not how to
acknowledg any thankes to the informers, who (by the effed) seem to
haue acded under gross miftakes
(poffibly) to delude your Honor &
caft reproach upon orfelues of this
place, for that we being upon a
folemne occafion together when we
receiued your letter, and information therein, we forthwith difpatcht
a fpeciall warrant to or conftables
& marfhall, to make a dilligent fearch
after the perfon mentioned, whoe
being upon oath, returned they had




with all care & dilligence made the
fayd fearch but could find no fuch
perfon as was mentioned, nor any
ftranger that in the leaft could be
fufpeCted to be any fuch perfon:
After the fearch o'r people were
amufed that any fuch thing could
be fufpeiCted at Hartford: But the
father of lyes is o'r enemie & doth
inftigate his inftruments to maligne
this poore Colony, but we hope the
Father of lights will vindicate vs in
his due time, & we pray your Honors neighbourly charatie in the
meane fpace, with due witness bearing againft all that endeavoure to
abufe with falls news & ftories, as
is done by o'rfelues in fuch cafe,
otherwise enough of fuch matters
had not been wanting againft neighbours to rays bad blood by ill perfons betwixt fuch as defire to mayn



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taine good correfpondency with o'r
profeffed freinds that are neerly
fcituate to vs in this wilderneffe, we
haue not to ad but o'r refpedCs to
your Honor & that we are Hono'ble
Sr.
Your affedionate freinds & hunmble fervants, The Governor & Affifts prefent,
p their order figned
JOHN ALLYN Sec'ry.
Thefe for the Hon'ble Sr EDITUN
ANDROSS Knt. & Gov'r of his royall
highness territories in America, at
forte James in N. Yorke.