tle of the Massachusetts Historical Society; to Hon. Charles M. Hough, judge of the United States Circuit Court in New York; to Miss C. C. Helm of his office; to the late Miss Josephine Murphy, custodian of the Suffolk Files; to Miss Mabel L. Webber, secretary and librarian of the South Carolina Historical Society; to Mr. Victor H. Paltsits of the New York Public Library; to Rev. Richard W. Goulding, librarian to the Duke of Portland; and to the authorities of the Public Record Office, the Privy Council Office, the British Museum, and the Bodleian Library. Special thanks are due to the officials of three libraries in which the work of annotation was mostly done-the Library of Congress, that of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and that of Bowdoin College. On a few nautical points the editor had the advice of his old friend the late Captain Charles Cate of North Edgecomb, Maine. And especially he has to thank the chairman of the Committee on Publication, Mrs. Charles E. Rieman, for her interest in the work and for the exemplary patience with which she has borne the delays in its completion. It is perhaps needless to say that the spelling of the originals has been carefully preserved; it is hoped that it would not be thought to be that of the editor. The punctuation of the originals has not been deemed equally sacred. In general, it has been reproduced, but where small alterations would make the sense clear to the modern reader but could not change it, or where that same effect would be produced by introducing punctuation-marks, which writers nearly illiterate often omitted entirely, it has seemed the part of good sense to make reading-matter readable. Also, names of vessels have been uniformly italicized even when not underscored in the original manuscripts. Dates previous to 1752 are old-style dates unless, as in the case of Dutch or French documents, new style is indicated. J. FRANKLIN JAMESON. Washington, October 19, 1923. CONTENTS 3. Articles of Copartnership in New Netherland Pri- vateering. Dec. 4 (N.S.), 1646 . 4. Articles of Copartnership between Augustin Herr- man and Wyllem Blawfelt. Dec. 4 (N.S.), 1646 8. Declaration of Governor Endicott. Aug. (?), 1653 9. Deposition of Matthew Hill. Oct. (?), 1653 10. Deposition of Francis Blackman and John Dukley. 11. Letter of Governor Searle of Barbados. Nov. 4, 1653 12. Order of the Massachusetts Council. Jan. 25, 1654 16. Deposition of William Browne. June 24, 1664 17. Deposition of Marcus Claesz. June 24, 1664 18. Deposition of Bartholomew Martin. June 24, 1664 20. Deposition of Daniel Sprague. July (?), 1664 21. Deposition of William Browne. July 25, 1664 22. Deposition of Robert Lord. July 26, 1664 23. Deposition of John Hunter. July 26, 1664 24. Deposition of Charles Hadsall. July 27, 1664 30. Petition of Edward Bant. About Apr. 28, 1673 31. Order of the Suffolk County Court. Apr. 29, 1673. 32. Petition of Henry King. Apr. 30, 1673 33. Inventory of the Providence. May 5, 1673 34. Examination of John Johnson. May 5, 1673 54. Deposition of Epaphras Shrimpton. July, 1694 (?) 149 62. Abstract, Letters from Ireland. June 16-July 7, 1696 160 63. Examination of John Dann. Aug. 3, 1696 64. Affidavit of Philip Middleton. Nov. 11, 1696 65. Deposition of Samuel Perkins. Aug. 25, 1698 71. Deposition of Benjamin Franks. Oct. 20, 1697 73. Examination of Edward Buckmaster. June 6, 1699 74. Deposition of Theophilus Turner. June 8, 1699 75. Memorial of Duncan Campbell. June 19, 1699. 76. Narrative of William Kidd. July 7, 1699 79. Narrative of John Gardiner. July (17), 1699 . 80. Sarah Kidd to Thomas Payne. July 18, 1699 |