22 ([return])
[ Palfrey, New England, I., 312.]
23 ([return])
[ Thomas Dudley, letter to the countess of Lincoln (Force, Tracts, II., No. iv.).]
CHAPTER XII
FOUNDING OF MASSACHUSETTS
(1630-1642)
Winthrop's government superseded Endicott's; but Winthrop, not liking the appearance of the country around Salem, repaired to Charlestown with most of the new-comers. Here, as elsewhere, there was much sickness and death. Owing to the dearth of provisions it was found necessary to free all the servants sent over within the last two years at a cost of £16 or £20 each. The discouragement was reflected in the return to England within a few months of more than a hundred persons in the ships that brought them over.