The Death of Mister Surveyor Pew

A commission under the hand and seal of governor shirley in favour of one jonathan pew as surveyor of his majesty's customs for the port of salem. This package, proving to be of no public concern, was left behind, and had remained ever since unopened. I could account for their being included in the heap of custom house lumber only by the fact that mister pew's death had happened suddenly. These papers, which he probably kept in his official desk, had never come to the knowledge of his heirs or were supposed to relate to the business of the revenue on the transfer of the arc to halifax. There were documents, in short, not official