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LXXVIII. The Certificate of John Swye, Mayor of Bristol,
of the Men who Shipped in the "Margaret" under Captain
Woodleefe
September 15, 1619

[76] To the Treasorer company and Counsell of Adventurers and planters
of the City of London, for the first Colony in Virginia.

Theis are to certify That in the good Ship of Bristoll called the Margaret,
this p̢sent xvth day of September. 1619. were shipped from our port of
Bristoll for plantac̃on in Virginia, at the charges of Sr Will͠m Throkm9ton
knight and Baronet, Richard Berkeley George Thorpe and Iohn Smyth
Esquiers vnder the conduct of Iohn Woodleefe Esq̢, appoynted Captayne
and governor over them, theis thirty and six p̱sons whose names ensue,
who forthwth proceeded in their voyage accordingly.