Nicolls the commander-in-chief and Cartwright embarked in the Guinea, and Carr and Mavericke in the Martin. Their orders were to rendezvous in Gardiner's Bay, at the east end of Long Island. The voyage was long, the vessels got sejiarated, and the Martin, aud Nicholas and William, were obliged to run into Piscataway (Portsmouth) New Hampshire on the 20th of July, 1664, whence Mavericke the same day wrote the following brief account of the voyage to Capt. Breedon of Boston ; -- " It hath pleased God (after a tedious voyage of neare ten weeks time) That two of our ships arrived here this afternoon at Pascataway where wee hourly expect our other two; the Guiney comanded by Capt. Hyde wee lost sight of this day se' night, and Capt.

> The original, a beautiful MS. is in the State Library at Albany. It is ' Ibid., 51-C3. Ibid., 64.

printed in II. Col. Hist. 295 ; Bred. II. Col. * Book of Patents, Albany, II. UG-116 ; II. Brwl., l.')3 ; Leamiog aud

2 III. Col. Ilist., 52. ' Spiter's Jti-sey Laws, Ctio.

HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

Hill with the Elyas on Sunday last. * * * * our stay here being only for a little water and our other shipps, which if they come not in time, we must go to our appointed port in Long Island." Three days later, on the 23d of July, the Guinea and Elias arrived at Boston. Nicolls wrote at once to Thomas Willet at Plymouth, and Gov. Winthrop at Hartford, and applied for assistance. On the 29th of July the vessels from "Pascathway" arrived at Boston. Further letters from Nicolls were sent to Winthrop asking for aid, and to Thomas Willets at Plymouth, and directing them to meet the expedition at the west, instead of the east, end of Long Island.