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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54481	An Advertisement concerning the province of East New-Jersey in America published for the information of such as are desirous to be concerned therein, or, to transport themselves thereto.	Perth, James Drummond, Earl of, 1648-1716.	1685 (1685)	Wing P1672; ESTC R24153	17,989	26

was upon my arrival here dated the Eth of November and at that time I could give you but a small account of my judgment anent it it would take a great deale of time to inform you of every thing as it truclie is But to be short I have travelled through a part of it and it is far larger than ever I heard it reported in Scotland I dare say above a third more ground and there is abundance of brave Rivers through it all better then ever I did see in any place brave Meadows alongst all the River sides good lands above the Meadow ground ahoundance of Fresh water Brooks and Springs plenty of Fishes in all the Rivers in the Summer time and that very good Fishes such as they preserve for Victual in the Winter in very few days they use to take more then they make use of in Winter as for wild Meat there is of all sorts Cows Sheep and Oxen as large as in England and aboundantly cheap considering there goodness Corns and all Sorts of Fruit in great aboundance and no liss then they are called in Scotland Money within this three years is become pretty plentiful Servants dear and searce I have taken up sex Acres of Land in Newperth which pleases me exceeding well in regard it is good Land and fit for building of a City and Persons of Good Fortune are come from New-York and other places in the Countrey and are very busy building and I am begun to build a house and have near digged the ground which is very hard it being under a great part of it Oker which is hard to digg and the least deepness is eight foot I have my two Wrights Squaring of Timber for it and I resolve to have it a good handsome Horse six Rooms off a floor with a Study two stories high above the Sellers and the Garret above And I doubt not if the Frost bid away but I shall have the Sellers finished and the gests laia above it against the latter end of this Moneth for the land that lyes to the house I resolve to fence in two Acres-of it for an Orchard and an Yeard and to have that done before the middle of February and to have it planted with fruit trees for I find a man in three years will have more Fruit in such an Orchard then he knows how to make use of And about the middle of February according as the Weather is I resolve to go out where I have taken up my Land which is upon a River called the South River which is an exceeding pleasant River and place there goes onely with me there Mr. David Violent I can go from New-Perth to it in a Boat in two houres and a half let the wind blow as it will and come back again in as much time I wish I had as many Servants here as I could make use of Any man that is frugal and hath 300. lib. Sterling in Stock to come over here and bring over 7. or 8. good Servants with him I could assure him in 3. years time be should make a stock better then 1000. if not 1500. lib. if he bestow his money right in Scotland and take advice to bring all things here which is necessary for him to have in this Countrey I am uncertain of the time I will be at Home but I resolve you shal come over with me again and ye will both think and say when ye see the Countrey that ye wish it had been done twenty years agoe I thought it not fit to trouble my friends and relations since I could not write short Letters to them but any of them that defires to know the condition of this Countrey ye may shew them this Letter since there is no secreet in it you will find by William Burnets Letter that he desires some of his Sons to come over and John Geddis writs for some of his Brethren the which Letters cause deliver them carefully and get an answer that if they be to come over ye may speak for their passage timely he tells some of them are good Wrights which is all at present but keep a good heart to your self and take care of your Children and I hope to see you with more Comfort then we parted and I am your ever loving Husband while I breath David Mudie James Johnstons Letter to his Brother John Johnston Drougest in Edinburgh East-Jersey the 12th of December 1684. Loving Brother I Have taken up a part of my Land 9. miles from Amboy and 4. miles from Piscatway and as far from the nearest part of Rariton on a Brook-side where there are exceeding great plains without any Timber there is excellent Gunning for Dear and Turkies of which there is great plenty and easily shot But I resolve to see a place called Bernagate which is 60. or 70. miles from this on the Souther most place of the Province where there is a good River and Harbour the best Fishing and Gunning in any place in America 30. or 40. miles from any Plantation The Indians here are nothing to be feared the Place being as peaceable as any where else I had occasion to travel through Long-Island and Stalen Island and for many miles found as many towns and plantations in the way as in any so much Land in Louthean there are no Bears nor Ravinous Beasts but Wolves which are nothing to be feared neither are the Countrey People afraid to be among them all night in so much as I oft times going wrong and lying out all night and hearing there yells about me and telling that I was afraid of them the Countrey People laught at it neither are the Snakes any thing to be noticed for nothing can come near them but they give warning with the ratling of their tail so that People may either kill them or go by them as they please Oxen are so well taught that they go sometimes in a Plough or Cart without Horse or without a Gade-man Horses and Cattel are as cheap as in Scotland considering their goodness and the difference of the Money All sorts of Scots goods sells well here ye will be advised with the next Occasion what goods sells best in this place I have great reason to thank GOD that I am in a place which abundantly answers any thing I expected The Air is healthful and the Soil fruitful the Indian Corn yeelds commonly 2 or 3 hundred fold Oats 20. fold as I am informed the Indian Corn is an excellent grain I have eat it and likes it very well in Pottage and Bread there are several reasonable good towns in this Province most of them hath more then eighty Families there is no poor persons here but all are half idle in respect of what they work with you Flax twice heckled sold at 9 d. per pound Wool is very cheap only work is dear the Liquor we most use is Sider we have great store of Fruir In many places untaken up there are