(seq. 3)

Honor[e]d Sir/.

Upon the note I received from your selfe & the rest of ye
Comittee for the Colledge I called our Inhabitants together, & acquainted
them therewith, who well approved (s) of thy[?] care(/s) of the care of the Court for the advancement of Learning & are willing to be helpefull according to
their ability: but by reason our Towne is very small consisting of
about 20 poore familyes (few wherof have corne for their owne ne-
cesity) they found themselves unable to give any considerable sum to
the use aforesaid. yet to shew their willingnes to forward so good
a worke they have generally agreed to give a pecke of wheat (s/)and[?](/s)
this year for the least family, others (s)one[?](/s) two, some a bushell, what it
will exactly come to I cannot yet tell, we hope God will enable us
to doe the like hereafter, or to agree upon a certeyn some for the
whole as wee shall finde may best sute the occasion of the Colledge[sic]
& our abilityes. So I rest.

Your Worships servant to command
Andover. 20th November (53) Daniel Poore
Constable