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An Abraham Goade as Witness on a Shipping Charter, 19 July 1650 A VOLUME
RELATING TO THE
EARLY HISTORY OF BOSTON CONTAINING THE
ASPINWALL NOTARIAL RECORD??
FROM
1644 TO 1651. BOSTON
MUNICIPAL PRINTING OFFICE
1903 page 303
20 (5) 1650. This Charterparty of a fraightmt made betwixt John Manning of Boston in New England Mecht. on ye one pt. and Joseph profitt of Lond mrcht.
on ye other pt: witnesseth yt ye sd John Manning doth Covenant, to, & wth. ye sd Joseph profit, to hire & lett to ffraight his good Kach, or vessell, (Caled ye Anne & Margrett) being of burthen thirty tonns,
(or thereabout) for tenn pounds p month or another as suffitient, and ratable, for sick monthly pay, during her returne to Boston in New Engld. and yt she shall be fitt and ready, wth rigging, masts, sayles uptackells,
ground tackels, six good musquits, wth. good powder, & shott suffitient. And all other necessaries, fitting for a voyage of ten, or twelve monthes, att or before ye tenth day of Septembr next. to sett sayle
from Newfoundland, for such port, or portes, as ye said Joseph proffit shall appoynt, and ye sd Jon. Manning doth Covenant, yt ye said vessell shall be sound, & thight & fitt for such a voyage. And ye sd
Joseph Profitt shall ffraight so much of her. as ye goods, he the sd. John Manning is to pay unto Joseph profitt will amount unto and ye sd John Manning doth Covenant to take to ffraight for ye sd voyage ye remayning pt
of the sd vessell, or allow such propertion of her hire. And ye sd Joseph profitt doth Covenant for his pt to pay or Cause to be pd. unto ye sd Jon. Manning or his assignes, att ye Arrivall of ye sd vessell, att Boston
in New England afforesd So much fraight as his pt doth amount unto, after ye rate of tenn pounds p mth for ye whole, wth rigging, & other necessaries as afforesd: from ye sd tenth of September, untell ye returne of
ye sd vessell to Boston, and they mutually aggree, to beare ye charge of men & victualls in Common betweene them, according to ye proportions of ther freight, the sd Jon. Manning, Covenanting, to pvide, bread,
beefe, porke, & pease, suffitient for six or eight months,--voyage: according to prices here in New England. In witnesse whereof ye pties have Interchangably, sett to their hands, and seales, this ninteenth day of
July Anno Dom. 1650
Sighned sealed & delivered in prsence John Manninge
of Michell powell.
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