THE FIRST YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC. 



327 



sixty pounds, and John Pratt, the nephew, with almost as 

 much. 



Samuel Bates' real estate valuation was over four thou- 

 sand pounds, so that besides his property on the sea he 

 was making produce from the land. 



The flocks and herds belonging to farmers were able to 

 aggregate in value more than the fleets of our harbor; 

 but the part contributed by some was scarcely more than 

 the poor man's ewe lamb. 



North Main Street. 

 Common on the right. 



Photo, Harriet A. Nickerson. 



The sawmill on Turtle Island and the gristmill at the 

 mouth of Bound Brook, besides the Gulf gristmill and 

 the Straits Pond gristmill were all making industry and 

 producing the means of life. 



Christopher James kept his inn at the center of the 

 community, which is now the Norfolk House, and here he 

 received an income from occasional travelers and from 

 the sale of drink, thus adding to the living which his 



