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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Thank you for sending the Tommies
a copy of your letter to Helen Durndell about David Thomson. I especially
like the reference that connects his son John with the Gorges family and thus by
inference to the John Thompson of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Weymouth</st1:place></st1:City>
and Mendon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Betty Lou<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com [mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>gcfraser@peoplepc.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 30, 2009
3:17 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> special@lib.gla.ac.uk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Tommies] ATTN:
University Librarian: Helen Durndell re: DavidThomson and the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Americana</st1:place></st1:City> Exhibit</span></font><font size=3
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font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">211 Dana Road</st1:address></st1:Street>, </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Orange</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:State></st1:place>
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<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Helen Durndell, University Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Special Collections Department, </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Library, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Hillhead</span></font></st1:City><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> Street, <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">G12
8QE</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black'>, </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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w:st="on"><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Scotland</span></font></st1:country-region><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Dear Ms Durndell,</span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>I have enjoyed reviewing the
Library's online exhibit, "<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Americana</st1:place></st1:City>." (
<a href="http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/Americana/IndexAmericana.html">http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/Americana/IndexAmericana.html</a> )</span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Along with published books and
manuscripts, you also include an autograph letter written by Robert Trumbell as
a member of the original Scottish expedition to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Darien</st1:place></st1:City>. Would you consider including a
letter written by the Scotsman, David Thomson to Thomas Howard, Earl of
Arundel, dated "the first of Julie 1625 Plymesland in <st1:place
w:st="on">New England</st1:place>." It is a fascinating historical
document. The letter is Number 275 of Arundel’s Autograph
Letters. A copy of the original, which is housed in the Duke of
Norfolk's Library, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Arundel</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Castle</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Sussex</st1:place></st1:country-region>, can be found at the
web address:</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><a
href="http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/arundel_letter.html">http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/arundel_letter.html</a></span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Thomson is considered to be the
founder of New Hampshire (per a 1622 grant) and was appointed acting
governor of Massachusetts under the 1624 Massachusetts grant to Robert
Gorges (son of Ferdinando) by the Council for New England. (As
you will note, the signature at the bottom of the letter addressed to Arundel
is "David Thomson." It is not the Anglicized, Thompson.)</span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>At the close of the Gorges patent is the following, "And
lastly know ye, that we the said Council have deputized, authorized and
appointed, and in our place and stead have put <b><i><span style='font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>David Thomson, Gent., or in his absence any other
person that shall be their Governor, or other officer unto the said Council, to
be our true and lawful attorney and attorneys,</span></i></b> and in our name
and stead to enter the said lands...and take possession and seisen
thereof...for us and in our name to deliver the same unto the said Robert
Gorges or his heirs..." </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>The document is signed by King James's beloved cousin, the <em><b><i><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-weight:bold'>Duke of Lenox, the
Marquis of Hamilton, the Earl of Arundell and Surrey</span></font></i></b></em>
as well as by Sir Robert Mansell, Doctor Barnaby Goach, treasurer, and William
Boles, clerk of the Council. </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Thomas Morton, in his New English
Canaan, makes reference to Thomson's Scottish origins. "...Therefore
since I have had the approbation of Sir Christophe gardiner Knight an able
gentl. that lived amongsts <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>them
& of David Thompson a Scottish gentl. that likewise was conversant with
those people both Scollers and Travellers</span></i></b> that were diligent of
taking notice of these things as men of good judgement. And that have bin in
those parts any time; besides others of lesse, now I am bold to conclude that
the originall of the Natives of New England may be well conjectured to be from
the scattered Trojans, after such time as Brutus departed from <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Latium</st1:place></st1:country-region>."
(Chapter II)</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Evidence of Thomson’s Scottish
origin is also found in Chapter 6 of Edward Winslow’s "Good Newes
from New England," which was published in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City> in 1624. "...At the same time
Captain Standish being formerly employed by the Governor to buy provisions for
the refreshing of the Colony, returned with the same, accompanied with one <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Mr. David Tomson, a Scotchman</span></i></b>,
who also that Spring began a Plantation twenty-five leagues northeast from us,
near Smiths Isles, at a place called Pascatoquack, where he liketh well..."
</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Sir Ferdinando Gorges was joined in his efforts to colonize the
northern portion of the eastern seaboard by the Scottish Knight, <em><b><i><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sir William Alexander,
aka the Earl of <st1:place w:st="on">Stirling</st1:place></span></font></i></b></em>.
Sir William Alexander had been tutor to King James' son Henry, and later served
as Secretary of State of Scotland under King Charles I. David
Thomson’s past appears to be linked to this Scottish Lord as evidenced by
a letter which is preserved by the Massachusetts Historical Society in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boston</st1:place></st1:City>. The Earl of
Stirling's interests were north of New England in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Nova Scotia</st1:place></st1:State>, yet he is clearly concerned
about Thomson's son. </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>On July 4, 1637, Sir William Alexander, writing as the Earl of
Stirling, composed a joint letter to the Authorities of the Massachusetts Bay
Company, in regard to the rights of John Thomson, heir of David Thomson, and
his claim to the ownership of Thomson's <st1:place w:st="on">Island</st1:place>.
Alexander is joined in the letter by Lord Edward Gorges and Sir Ferdinando
Gorges. In the original document, the uppermost signature is
"ESterling," beneath it is "EdGorges." The bottom of the
document bears the scrawled signature of Sir Ferdinando Gorges. (The
Massachusetts Historical Society has indexed the document as a letter by Sir
William Alexander.)</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>The letter begins "on behalf of the heir John Thompson the
sonne of David Thompson sometyme sirvant to the Councille for those
affaires." The concern expressed was that John's mother, Amias, had since
her marriage to another man (Samuel Maverick) allowed for the disposing of her
son's rightful property (Thomson’s Island) which <em><b><i><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-weight:bold'>"his Father had so
hardly obtayned."</span></font></i></b></em> </span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Extracts from the Council for <st1:place w:st="on">New England</st1:place>
records reveal that one of Thomson’s roles was to inform the Lords, and
thereby His Majesty, of the concerns and activities of the Council. He also
acted as an agent on behalf of the Council in a variety of other matters.
Thomson's grant was for 6,000 acres and an island. He also held a grant
for Thom(p)son's Island in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston
Harbor</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:State></st1:place>.</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>5th of July 1622</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>: "It is ordered that David Thomson
do attend the Lords, with a petition to his majesty for forfeits committed by
Thomas Weston, also to solicit the Lords for procuring from his Majesty a
proclamation concerning the fishermen of the western parts. Likewise to procure
some course for punishing their contempt of authority." (6)</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>The petition was acknowledged by the King on the 6 November 1622
with a "Proclamation Prohibiting Interloping and Disorderly Trading to New
England in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>."</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>"Whereby, having received certain information of many and
intolerable abuses offered by sundry interlopers, irregular and disobedient
persons....We for reformation and prevention of these or the like evils
hereafter, and for the more clear declaration of our kingly resolution and just
intents, both to maintain our royal grant already made, and to uphold and
encourage ...the undertakers of those designs...do hereby straightly charge and
command that none of our subjects whatsoever...in New England, presume from
henceforth to frquent those coasts...otherwise by the license of the said
counsel or according to the orders established by our privy council..."
(7)</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>July 24, 1622 was the date of the first division of the Patent for
New England by the Council for <st1:place w:st="on">New England</st1:place>. As
the record reveals, David Thomson was to meet with the Council Lords, as agent
for the Council for <st1:place w:st="on">New England</st1:place>. The
"bounds for the dividends" of the patents for the Lord Duke of <st1:place
w:st="on">Lennox</st1:place> and the Earl of Arundel were also determined at
this meeting. (8)</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>24th of July 1622</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>: "...Mr. Thomson is appointed to
attend the Lords, for a warrant to Mr. Attorney-General for drawing the new
patent, Sir Henry Spilman to attend on the same subject." (9)</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>This was also the date that the "Tenure for Private
Planters" was drawn up. The Tenure stated that "private planters
shall hold of the Chamber of State to be established there, and shall have
power to create their own tenures to such as shall hold under them."
Through this, Thomson’s Indenture may have been legally established. In
addition, the following entry determined that the feudal system of Old England
be continued in <st1:place w:st="on">New England</st1:place>. "The country
is to be called Nova Albion. That there may be power given in to grant patent
to create titles of honor and precedency so as they differ in nomination from
the titles used here in England." (10)</span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Who exactly was David Thomson? Based on years of research,
published by the Scottish Genealogical Society under the
heading, "David Thomson, the Scottish Founder of New
Hampshire... a Gentleman, and a Scholar," I have come to believe that
David Thomson is of Corstorphine, son of Rev. Richard Thomson. David's
stepmother was Agnes Foulis whose niece was married to Thomas Hamilton, the
Earl of Haddington who served as Secretary of State to King James I at the time
of Thomson's grant. David's step-brother, Adam Hepburn (later a Senator)
served as the legal clerk to Haddington. One of Agnes Foulis' nephews was
Sir David Foulis who accompanied King James IV of Scotland to England in 1603
when he was crowned James I of England. David Foulis was the Scottish
Ambassador to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region>
during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He later served as cofferer to
Prince Henry at the time when Sir William Alexander served as tutor to the
Prince. </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>According to Theodore Radford Thomson, the Thomsons of
Corstorphine were direct descendants of Alexander, the Earl of Mar through his
illegitimate son, Sir Thomas Stewart. Alexander Thomson (1460 - 1513)
married Margaret Forrester, great-grandchild of Sir John Forrester of
Corstorphine, Lord High Chamberlain. Rev. Richard Thomson's Kirk teinds and
appointments were from King James. There is also a letter from Mary Queen
of Scots, shortly before her death, which suggests a possible involvement with
the appointment: </span></font><strong><b><i><font color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:black;font-style:italic'>I have granted
to one of Thomson’s sons a prebend, not being able at present to do more
for him.” (</span></font></i></b></strong><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>William K. Boyd, editor,<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">
State Papers, Relating to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:country-region></u1:place>
and Mary, Queen of Scots 1547-1603</font></i></em>,<em><i><font
face="Times New Roman"> Vol VII. A.D. 1584-1585</font></i></em>, <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Edinburgh</u1:City></u1:place></st1:place></st1:City>:
H.M. General Register House, 1913, 341-342.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>I appreciate your taking the time to
read this rather lengthy "petition." I hope you will
consider adding Thomson's letter to your exhibit of "<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Americana</st1:place></st1:City>."</span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Sincerely,</span></font><font
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