RECORDS OF PLYMOUTH COLONY. Acts of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England. VOL. I.. 1643-1651. 143 PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE EDITED BY DAVID PULSIFER, CLERK IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, MEMBER OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION, Acts of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Secretary's Department. BOSTON, APRIL 5, 1858. By virtue of Chapter forty-one of the Resolves of the year one thousand eight hundred fifty-eight, I appoint DAVID PULSIFER, Esq., of Boston, to superintend the printing of the New Plymouth Records, and to proceed with the copying, as provided in previous resolves, in such manner and form as he may consider most appropriate for the undertaking. Mr. Pulsifer has devoted many years to the careful exploration and transcription of ancient records, in the archives of the County Courts and of the Commonwealth. As a penman, and in all clerical qualifications, he has no superior. The studies and practice of his life have rendered him competent and reliable, as a decipherer of the handwriting of the earlier periods of our history, to a degree not equalled, perhaps, by any other person. He is accurate, vigilant, industrious, and indefatigable in this his chosen pursuit; and having a competent knowledge of colonial history, there is every reason to be assured that he will faithfully and successfully perform the service intrusted to him. OLIVER WARNER, Secretary of the Commonwealth. |