THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE INSTITUTE. 29 



a site which was satisfactory to Rev. Hugh Peters of the 

 First Church, and to the other members of the first Board 

 of Education, who were "to take order for a colledge." 

 A long negotiation ensued, which resulted in the establish- 

 ment of the College at Newetowne, now Cambridge, in 

 November, 1637. 



Mr. Scruggs was a man of substance, of influence, and 

 of public spirit. He was a man of independent judg- 

 ment also, for he was later disarmed for an opinionist. 

 And a good deal more might be said for Mr. Scruggs. 5 



I have the honor to present my schoolmate, my class- 

 mate, and, I think I may add, my life-long friend, the head 



Note 5. 



ii of tlie 11th monetli 1635 



bvthe Granted by the ffreemen of Salem [*vnto*] the day and yeare 



,'rant of an above written vnto m r Thomas Scrugs of the same his heires and 

 other farme assignees for ever a farme conteyning three hundreth acres of 

 m Leiwe land whereof thirty acres are fitt to be mowed scituate lying and 

 of this to being in the outmost bounds of Salem towards m r Humphries and 

 m Scrugs. j g f rom [ Qe sea where the freshe water runs out, West and by 

 North is the fearme next to m r Humphryes bounded by the Comon by the North 



west end & East end provided alwayes & in Case of Sale, the towne of 



salem haue the first profer before any other. 



John Endecott 

 Roger Connunght 

 John Holgkave 

 Thomas Gardner 

 Edm. Batter 



At a gen'rall Court or towne meeting of Salem held the second of the third 

 moneth called May A 1636. 



Imprimis after the reading of former orders; In the reading of an order for 

 the division of Marble Head Neck; A motion was brought in by Cp. Endicot in 

 behalfe of m r John Humphries for some Land beyond Iforest River, moved by 

 tipetiall argumen [ts] one whereof was, Least yt should hinder the building of a 

 Colledge, w ch would be manie [mens] losse, It was agreed vpon this motion that 

 six men should be nominated by the towne to view these Lands and to consider of 

 the premisses, and for that end was named 



m r Thomas Scrugs Cp. Traske 



m r Roger Conant m r Townsen Bisiior 



John Woodbery Peter Paefrey 



That these six or any foure of them are deputed for this business to Bpeake 

 or Item yt was ordered that whereas m r Scrugs had a farme of three hun- 

 dred acres beyond forest River, And that Cp. Traske had one of tooe hundr 



