Patuxet, this 10th of June, 1625.
This is my first letter.
I have sent you an Indian tobacco pipe, being the first and rarest that
ever I saw. I desire you to keep it for my sake, it being a great king’s
pipe in this country. I have sent it by Mr. Winslow to deliver you with
his own hands—who, if he doth meet you at London, pray gratify his pains
with a pint of wine, for he is my loving friend, and one who cometh this
way again about next November, by whom I do much desire to hear from
you, and in whom I have put my trust to buy my commodities to trade with
the Indians here. The pipe cannot be transformed to a better smell, for
it doth stink exceedingly of Indian tobacco.