n his way to join his
Regiment, it therefore becomes necessary to appoint another person to
transact the Society's business, for which purpose we have appointed
Mr. James Simonds, one of the Proprietors, agent with whom you will
please correspond on any occurrence regarding the settlement."

Messrs. Hazen & Jarvis, as well as their partners at St. John,
manifested great interest in the attempts of the Society to settle
their townships. Many details are mentioned in their letters, such as
those contained in the following to James Simonds. These details may
appear of little importance, yet everything that throws light upon the
methods employed in peopling a new country ought to have an interest
for after generations. In explanation of the subject matter of the
letter below it should be mentioned that Philip John Livingston and
others of the more energetic proprietors of the townships were sending
settlers, from New York, and other places to the River St. John.

Newburyport, Octo. 8th, 1767.

"We wrote you last Sunday by a sloop that came in here from New
York for some cattle, sheep and hogs. She took on board the cows;
the hogs and sheep go by this vessel. There is ten families [of
settlers], each of which was to have 1 cow, 1 sow, and 6 sheep,
but as they thought it necessary to have one of the hogs a boar,
and it was impossible to procure all the creatures of an equal
goodness, we must beg you will assist them (if they need it) in
the division of them. There was put on board this sloop 90 bushels
of ears of corn, 60 of which is on the Company's account and 30
for these families' hogs, so that what may be more than 60 bushels
upon their arrival with you, please to deliver with the hogs. The
freight of these hogs and sheep we shall charge here.

Mr. White is arrived with our Wm. Hazen and writes you by this
vessel. We suppose he will tell you that we think it will not be
best to build a vessel with you this winter.

We have sent all we could procure of your memo. by this,
vessel--the remainder will come by Mr. White who will sail the
last of next week. You will observe there are seven hogsheads of
rye and Indian corn wanting of the number in the invoices. These
we took out to get ground and you shall have them when Mr. White
goes.

Please to get as much lime as possible on board Capt. Newman, as
we have agreed with him to land it in Portsmouth, you will
therefore p