The Portsmouth Compact The Seventh Day of the First Month (March) 1638. We whose names are underwritten do hereby solemnly in the presence of Jehovah incorporate ourselves into A Body Politick and as He shall help, will submit our persons, lives and estates unto out Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most obsolute laws of His given in His holy word of truth, to be guided and judged thereby.

William Coddington John Clarke William Hutchinson Jr. John Coggeswell William Aspinwall Samuel Wilbore John Porter John Sanford Edward Hutchinson Jr Esq

Thomas Savage William Dyer William Freeborne Philip Sherman John Walker Richard Gardner Edward Hutchinson Sen Henry Bull Randall Howlden

The purchase price for the island was 40 fathoms (240 feet) of white beads and a deed was drawn up by in favor of Mr. Coddington and his friends and was signed by the Indians on March 24, 1638. A second agreement provided that having been given 10 goats and 20 hoes, the Indians would remove themselves from the island before winter. There were also subsequent payments of beads, wampum, coats and hoes, in order to satisfy the demands of all interested parties, to obtain the privilege of cutting grass and trees on the nearby mainland, and to obtain prompt removal of all the Indians. At the beginning each family in Portsmouth was allotted six acres for a home lot, and more for farms. Land sold to two shillings per acres, paid ½ now and the balance later. The money was used to establish the treasury, Philip was allotted a house lot and 200 acres. Philip Sherman was the Lotter (allotter) of Portsmouth Town lands at various times.