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GOVERNOR HARVEYS DIFFICULTIES. 113
take charge of this his Colony and I doubt not by Gods assistance and the industry of the
people but Virginia in few years will flourish. You may please to take notice that Capt
Clayborne two dayes since repayred vnto vs for redress against the oppressions of
the Marylanders who haue slaine three and hurt others of the Inhabitants of the
Isle of Kent. Notwithstanding their knowledge of his Maties late express Letter
to command freedome of trade (the true Copie whereof I haue hereinclosed) I doe
believe that they would not haue committed such Outrages without Sr John Har-
vies instigation howeuer in conformity to his Matie9 command, wee haue entreated
Capt Vtie and Capt Pierce to sayle for Maryland wth Instruccions and Letters from
the Gouernor and Councell desiring them to desist their violent proceedings promising
them all fayre correspondence on the behalfe of the Inhabitants of the Isle of
Kent vntill we vnderstood his Maties further pleasure In the meane time wee rest
in expectation of their Answer acording to wch wee intend to proceed. In the wch
I beseech God to direct vs for the best. I conclude wth an assured hope that Sr
John HarvieS'returne will be acceptable to God not displeasing to his Matie and an assured
happiness vnto this Colony wherein whilst I Hue I shall be ready to doe you all the
true Offices of a faythfull friend and Seruant
" From Newport Neewes this 25A May, 1635. " SAM: MATHEWS."l
The council demanded that Governor Harvey should depart for England,
to which he reluctantly consented, as they would no longer obey his
authority, and on the 7th of May, John West, a brother of Lord Delaware,
was chosen temporary governor, and Messrs. Utie and Pearce, of the council,
were sent as commissioners to effect a settlement of the difficulties with
Governor Calvert.
Upon the arrival of Governor Harvey at Plymouth, England, he immediately addressed a letter, dated the 14th of July, 1635, to Secretary Windebank, of which the following is a copy:
" Right HonWe
" I doubt not but that your Honnor will admire at my comming from my Charge
without any licence or other directions from his Matie or the Lords; But it may please
your Honnor to calle to mynde howe that in my last letter concerning the affayres of
Virginia, I signified that the Assemblies being composed of a Rude, Ignorante, and an
111 conditionde people, were more likelye to effect mutinye, then good lawes and orders,
especiallie whilest ye Councell gaue them 'such examples; what I then feared I soone
after founde; but I must confess theyr exorbitances haue by much exceeded my
expectation; for presently after the departure of the ships, hauing receiued an Information of sum mutinous Assemblies I sent for the Councell, as also warrants for the
Apprehending of the chieff mutineers; The Councell I called for their Aduice in so
daungerous a business; But I found them so farre from intending any good, that they
came Armed with a strength to surprise mee; And laying violent hands vpon mee,
charged mee with Treason, for going about (as they sayde) to betray theyr Forte into
the hands of theyr Enemies of Marylande, telling mee that I must resolue my self to goe
presently into Englande, theare to make Answer to the Countries Complaints agaynst
mee, forthwith setting at libertie such of the mutiney whome I had caused to bee layd
fast in Irons. In the next place they called an Assembly of the Burgisses—And sum few
dayes after made a new Governor, my self being yet resident in the countrie; a large
account of all theyr proceeds, I shall with all conuenient speed in person tender vnto
1 Public Record Office, London— Colonial Papers, viii., No. 65.
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000138 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | GOVERNOR HARVEYS DIFFICULTIES. 113 take charge of this his Colony and I doubt not by Gods assistance and the industry of the people but Virginia in few years will flourish. You may please to take notice that Capt Clayborne two dayes since repayred vnto vs for redress against the oppressions of the Marylanders who haue slaine three and hurt others of the Inhabitants of the Isle of Kent. Notwithstanding their knowledge of his Maties late express Letter to command freedome of trade (the true Copie whereof I haue hereinclosed) I doe believe that they would not haue committed such Outrages without Sr John Har- vies instigation howeuer in conformity to his Matie9 command, wee haue entreated Capt Vtie and Capt Pierce to sayle for Maryland wth Instruccions and Letters from the Gouernor and Councell desiring them to desist their violent proceedings promising them all fayre correspondence on the behalfe of the Inhabitants of the Isle of Kent vntill we vnderstood his Maties further pleasure In the meane time wee rest in expectation of their Answer acording to wch wee intend to proceed. In the wch I beseech God to direct vs for the best. I conclude wth an assured hope that Sr John HarvieS'returne will be acceptable to God not displeasing to his Matie and an assured happiness vnto this Colony wherein whilst I Hue I shall be ready to doe you all the true Offices of a faythfull friend and Seruant " From Newport Neewes this 25A May, 1635. " SAM: MATHEWS."l The council demanded that Governor Harvey should depart for England, to which he reluctantly consented, as they would no longer obey his authority, and on the 7th of May, John West, a brother of Lord Delaware, was chosen temporary governor, and Messrs. Utie and Pearce, of the council, were sent as commissioners to effect a settlement of the difficulties with Governor Calvert. Upon the arrival of Governor Harvey at Plymouth, England, he immediately addressed a letter, dated the 14th of July, 1635, to Secretary Windebank, of which the following is a copy: " Right HonWe " I doubt not but that your Honnor will admire at my comming from my Charge without any licence or other directions from his Matie or the Lords; But it may please your Honnor to calle to mynde howe that in my last letter concerning the affayres of Virginia, I signified that the Assemblies being composed of a Rude, Ignorante, and an 111 conditionde people, were more likelye to effect mutinye, then good lawes and orders, especiallie whilest ye Councell gaue them 'such examples; what I then feared I soone after founde; but I must confess theyr exorbitances haue by much exceeded my expectation; for presently after the departure of the ships, hauing receiued an Information of sum mutinous Assemblies I sent for the Councell, as also warrants for the Apprehending of the chieff mutineers; The Councell I called for their Aduice in so daungerous a business; But I found them so farre from intending any good, that they came Armed with a strength to surprise mee; And laying violent hands vpon mee, charged mee with Treason, for going about (as they sayde) to betray theyr Forte into the hands of theyr Enemies of Marylande, telling mee that I must resolue my self to goe presently into Englande, theare to make Answer to the Countries Complaints agaynst mee, forthwith setting at libertie such of the mutiney whome I had caused to bee layd fast in Irons. In the next place they called an Assembly of the Burgisses—And sum few dayes after made a new Governor, my self being yet resident in the countrie; a large account of all theyr proceeds, I shall with all conuenient speed in person tender vnto 1 Public Record Office, London— Colonial Papers, viii., No. 65. |
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