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

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

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

 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 o[)inionist. 

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



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

 mate, and, 1 think I may add, my life-long friend, the head 



Note 5. 



ii of the lltli nioiieth 1635 



This is void 



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



grant of an »l>ove ^mtten vnto ni'' Thomas Scrugs of the same hia heires and 

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

 in Leiwe land whereof thirty acres are fitt to be mowed scitnate lying and 

 of this to being in the outmost bounds of Salem towards nv' Humphries and 

 m Scrugs. jg from the Sea where the frcslie water runs out, West and by 

 North is the fearme next to m"^ Humphryes bounded by the Coraon by the North 



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



Salem haue the first prefer before any other. 



John Endecott 

 Roger Connunght 

 John Holgeave 

 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 Op. Endicot in 

 behalf e of m"^ John Humphries for some Land beyond Iforest River, moved by 

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

 Colledge, w'^' 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'' Thomas Scrugs Cp. Traske 



m' Roger Conant m'' Townsen Bishop 



John Woodbery Peter Palfrey 



That these six or any fours of them are deputed for this business to spcake 

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

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



