NOTE. The following journal of a voyage to Sagadahoc was communicated to the Massachusetts Historical Society, and appears in their Proceedings for May, 1880. The editor is very greatly indebted to Mr. Charles Deane, the Corresponding Secretary of the Society, through whom it was communicated, for his careful supervision of the work as it went through the press. A small edition has been printed apart from the Proceedings, for private distribution. B. F. D. New YORK, August, 1880. THE RELATION OF A VOYAGE UNTO NEW ENGLAND BEGAN FROM THE LIZARD YE FIRST OF JUNE 1607. BY CAPTN POPHAM IN YE SHIP YE GIFT [AND] WRITTEN BY & FOUND AMONG YE PAPERS OF YE TRULY WORSPFUL SR FERDINANDO GORGES KNT BY ME WILLIAM GRIFFITH. [This is not the title given by the author, but was prefixed to the manuscript at a later period.] |
