| Show 0 J puritans and s i to the fhe he editor of che the temes times I 1 ps end a copy of a itter i is characteristic an seems to prove proved pretty clearly that puritanism ia la the 0 ona ono e thing hung needful and that even to the present day our new england leopards bave have not changed their spots the letter was written by cotton mather Islat herto to caye ye aged and b beloved mr john hig RIg higginson ginson aud and dated september 16 1082 ma bee now at sea a B for our friend bin Esaias holca holcraft rl t of london did advise me by the last p packet a ceet that W it wolde sail some time in august called ye welcome B n greenaway master which has aboard an hulid bundred hundred red or more of the and matig malig nanta called quakers with NV penne renne V who ho la lg the chief scamper at the hedde tedde of them the general court has accordingly given secret orders to master matschl of ye tug porpoise to way laye aye the bal sal d wel wei come win as near the chaste of or codde as may be and make captive ye sald said penne and his ungo cillo lio iio crew so that the lord may be glorified R and aud not mocked mucked on tin ye soil of or this new coundrie coun trie with ye heathen of these people stoyle cap be bp made by selling the whole I 1 lotte lotto 0 tte to i where here slaves fetch prices in and sugar and we not only shall do ye lord great greit service i by pun put punishing lishing ye wicked vic ked but s make maky great gayno gayne g gyne yno for his ministers i a t 1 master hugett feels hopeful and I 1 will set down the news he brings when his comes cames back yours in the bowels of christ chris COTTON MATHER I 1 have been told klabi also aiso it bno ino i and ano perhaps you can tell me with what that the th astor library of new york yore conta con aps an original letter ietter from bov to the captain of 0 the mayflower off offering ering laiq lir wic x I 1 eimo limo not to land his hia pilgrim cargo at manhattan ashe i had been advised that they W were ere chiefly a helot had hd lot ENN dai PAi ladelphia philadelphia |
