Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . see any one except the person whogave him food through a grate. At the expiration of thistime, a gentleman who had noticed these daily supplies had thecuriosity to inquire who the prisoner was, and to speak to himand offer his services. Mr. Nelson desired no other favor thanthe transmission of a letter from him to his friends in England;in consequence of which a demand was soon after made for hisexchange. This gave him some importance, so that he was re-moved to the Bastile; where he remained until shortly beforet
Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . see any one except the person whogave him food through a grate. At the expiration of thistime, a gentleman who had noticed these daily supplies had thecuriosity to inquire who the prisoner was, and to speak to himand offer his services. Mr. Nelson desired no other favor thanthe transmission of a letter from him to his friends in England;in consequence of which a demand was soon after made for hisexchange. This gave him some importance, so that he was re-moved to the Bastile; where he remained until shortly beforethe close of the war, when he was allowed to go to England on ary notice is found in the Boston News-Letter, 4 Jan., 1739, who was born 1753, and diedJanuary, 1739; wastown clerk of Bos-ton and father ofRev. Samuel Check-ley (b. Dec. 27,1723,H. C, 1743, succes-sor of the Mathersas minister of theSecond Church).The warden ofKings Chapel isthought by Savageto be cousin of the checkley , nephew of Anthony (p. 91, n. 14), and son of John,who was in Boston 1 I am indebted to Mr. S. A Drakefor a copy from the French records ofthe order of the Minister of War enjoin-ing his close confinement: — a Versailles, le 28 Jan., 1693. Monsieur, — M. de Marcagnel mayant donne advis de larrivee du Sr Nel-son prisonnier Anglois quil est impor-tant de garder soigneusement et mayantfait scavoir quil na pu le faire mcttreque dans les prisons Royalles Je vousenvoye pour le fairc transferer au cha-teau dAngoulemc. II est necessaireque vous recommandic a ccluy qui y 1 m-mande de le garder surem-nt et dVm-pechcr quil n ait aucun communicationsurtout avec les nouveaux (nverty> par-ceque eest tin homme dangereux. i8o ANNALS OF KINGS CHAPEL. his parole, a French gentleman giving bonds in ^20,000 for hisreturn. Soon after, the peace of Ryswick was concluded; and,his situation and conduct having excited attention, he was pre-
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