Notes

[1.]

This was printed in the sketch of Melrose in "History of Middlesex County," vol. II.

This inscription is still in existence, the engraving shown herewith is a good representation of it, as it appears at the present time.

Captain John Smith was never in Bermuda. He derived all his information from his opportunities as a member of the Virginia Company, and from correspondence or personal narratives of returned planters. This was his habitual way, as is shown by the number of authorities that he quotes. He probably obtained the sketches, from which these illustrations were made, from Richard Norwood, the schoolmaster.

Writings of George Washington, by J. Sparks, vol. iii, page 47.

Writings of George Washington, by J. Sparks, vol. iii., page 77.

Journal of Congress, November 22, 1775.

These were probably the vessels sent out from Rhode Island under the command of Captain Whipple.