LXXI. Remembrances for Captain Woodleefe
September, 1619
Smyth of Nibley Papers, Smyth, 3 (8), pp. 71–72
Document in the New York Public Library
List of Records No. 122
[71] Remembrances for Mr Captayne Woodleefe in Virginia, against the
returne of this p̢sent Ship. September. 1619.
1.
- That you write back what number of men and woomen wee shall
secondly send, and when to leave the coast of England, and howe to bee
furnished.
2.
- That our ɫres (with that of Sr Edwin Sandis) beinge delyu9ed to Sr
George Yardley, you returne vs a p̱ticular answere from him, touchinge
the contents of them, wherof we give you Copies for your better remem-
brance.
3.
- Mr Smythes p̱ticular request is, That you forget not to furnishe him,
with some good Tobacco seed.
4.
- To returne vs answere of our ɫre to Thomas Partridge whether hee
come into your family or not.
5.
- That you procure a Certificat from the governor of Virginia, or other
officer theirvnto assigned, of the names and number of our men, there
landinge for plantac̃on.
6.
- That you adu9tise vs whether you agree wth Sr George Yardley for
his fifth p̱te.
7.
- To bee carefull to make the best speedy vse you can, of wth the truck-
inge stuffs nowe sent, of beades, hate hatchets, Copper, shooes, knives.
8.
- To bee carefull to sowe all your seeds in due season, that you frustrate
not the experience wee intend, aswell as the losse of the charge.
9.
- We have p̳mised that Thomas Peirse shalbee instructed in Carpenters
work, wch is his fathers request, and the yonge mans inclynac̃on.
10.
- That the ship Carpenter forthwth vpon arrivall fall in hand with
makinge our boate, otherwise we loose the charge layd out for the mate-
rialls and wee you the needfull vse & hope of profit.
[72] To adu9tise Sr George Yardley That in respect of the instant dep̱ture
of the ship vpon the finishinge of our Accompts togeather, wee had not
any possible leisure to send him a p̱ticuler Copy thereof, wch contayneth
many sheets. Howbeit the totall of all our disbursements, the charge
of the ship wee bought, wth the computac̃on of the hire of this Ship for
six monthes wth the Pilots wages and his mans and the Surgeons will
come to one thousand and forty pounds and somewhat vpwards. Soe
that his Share to bee sent backe by this Ship, if hee accept of a fifth p̱te
will come vnto two hundred and eight pounds at the least.
