EARLY QUARANTINE ARRANGEMENTS OF SALEM. 9 



the councell of y e comonwealth shall see cause to repeale 

 y e same. 



"It is furth r ord r ed, y'a coppy of this order shall be forth- 

 w th sent to the sev r all cunstables of ev ry port towne in this 

 iurisdiction, w th warrant to give notice thereof, w tb all pos- 

 sible speed, to any vessell comeing from y e West Indies 

 aforesaid, upon y e first view thereof, & furth r to see to y e 

 execution of this ord r , according to y e utmost, of their abil- 

 ity, & y* y e councell, or some three of them, shall have 

 pow r to appoint some convenient place, upon some of y e 

 ilands or oth r fit places, where such psons & goods shal be 

 sheltered for a time, & to do any thing of like nature y* 

 shall be necessary for their preservation, & welfare of y e 

 country." 



The order was repealed r 2 May, 1649. 



"The Courte doth thinke meete that the order concerning 

 the stoping of West India ships at the Castle should hereby 

 be repealed, seing it hath pleased God to stay the sicklies 

 there." 



The first action of the selectmen of Salem now on 

 record, touching our subject, bears date 1678, and is in 

 these words : 



" Att a metting of the selectmen 2 Sep*. 1678. 



The prouidence of god so ordering that the distemper 

 of the small pox still continuing at Boston, severall of 

 the Selectmen being ferfull of that distemper & others of 

 them being ancient & not able to travell the Selectmen 

 aforesaid have requested the worship 1 . Major W m . Ha- 

 thorne to deliver in to the Honored Court of assistance 

 our answer to the resons of apeale of Nath 1 & John Putt- 

 man and the rest concerned with y m & to speake to that 

 case as nede shall require in the behalfe of the towue of 

 Salem." 



ESSEX INST. BULLETIN, VOL. XIV. 1* 



