Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-02-20
VARIOUS NOTES.
FROM EARLY PUBLICATIONS.


England, Dee. Il, 1921, published in
the Massachusetts Historical collections,
vol. 8, p 90, says: "And if we have but
once kline, horses and sheep make no
question but men might live as content
ed here as in any part of the world''.
About Virginia letter published in
London in 1919 says: "rhere are $1,000
English in Virginia and 300 servants.
OF kline, oxen, bulls, calves, 20, 600 large
and good, and they make plenty of but
ter and very good cheese. There are of
an excellent race about 200 horses and
mares of asses, 50; of sheep, 5000; goats,
5000, swine innumerable; the same of
poultry, hens, turkeys, ducks and geese.
Cattle are about the same price as in
England. There come yearly to trade
with Virginia about 30 ships with 700
or 800 mariners employed. There are
90 churches with ministers to each,
whose living is worth $500" Concern
ing New England that they have "trad-
ing with them to and fro and are but
four days sail off from Virginia; that
they have had many cattle from Vir-
ginia; that New England is in a good
condition for livelihood. But for mat
ter of any great hopes but fishing, there
is not much in that land; for it is as
Scotland is to England, so much differ
ence, and lies upon the same land north
ward as Scotland doth to England;
there is much cold frost and snow, and
their land is so barren except herring
be put into the hole that you set the
and it was a great pity, all those people,
being now about 10000, did not seat
themselves at first to the north of Vir-
ginia in warm and rich country, where
their industry would have produced
sugar, indigo, ginger, cotton and the
like commodities
Letters that came in March, lG4S, re-
late farther: "rhe Indians have told
our governor that five days journey
west and south is high mountain, at
the foot of which great rivers run to the
sea, and that men come hther in ships
(but not such as ours be-; they wear APP
parel and haye red caps on their heads
and ride on beasts like our horses, but
they have much longer ears, etc. Sir
William was hereupon preparing 80
horse and 80 foot to go and discover this
thing. We had trading last Christmas,
ten ships from London, two from Bris-
toll, II Holanders and seven from New
England"
The first child was born at Providence
in 1898; in 1857 settlement began at New
Haven. Conn, and in 1857 on the Con-
necticut river from the Massachusetts
colony.
This account is from the Providence
Gazette of 1865 and states that in 1857
the first war broke out in New England
between the English and Indians. and
says the "manner in which they improv-
ed their land and took care of their do
nestle animals, some of which were now
in the country, suggested to the Indians
that it would cut off their hunting, etc.
1t says of VIM. Coddiugton (p. l79)
He was the father of Rhode Island; was
a gentleman of family and competent
fortune, came to America in 1880, settled
in Boston and was one of the first and
most considerable merchants.
Newport began in 1853. Rhode Island
obtained its charter in 1913. In 1913 the
Massachusetts colony took prisoners the
settlers of Warwick, h. l., and all their
cattle, so head.
Arnold's History of Rhode Island, vol.
], p. 1856, states that 30 wild or unmarked
horses were ordered to he caught and the
proceeds to be used in building prison,
etc. This was in June, 1856.
p. 4S9-Answer of Rhode Island to the
board of trade appointed by England
10 the 9TH we answer that as for Horse
we have but few, but the chief of our
militia consists of ten companies of foot,
etc.
Vim. Robinson was chosen deputy
governor of Rhode Island in l745.
The Hudson river was coonized by the
Dutch in 1923 discovered in 5000. New
Amsterdam was surrendered to the Eng
lish in 1864. New York had, in 1856, 100
houses and 1000 inhabitants; in 1917,
36S houses.
Watson's New York City, p. 1853,
speaks of Narraganset PAGER bought by