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y, and called The Blessing of the Bay. Aug. 9th the same year, the the governor's bark, being of thirty tons, went to sea. It cost one hundred and forty-five pounds. The owner said of it, May 16, 1636, I will sell her for one hundred and sixty pounds. This is the first record of ship building in Medford, and there is a tradition that she was built on the north side of Mystic river, and probably not far from the governor's house at Ten Hills. Brooks. History of Medford. The next year, 1632, Mr. Cradock built a vessel of one hundred tons, on the bank of the Mystic. In 1633, a ship of two hundred tons, and another named Rebecca, tonnage unknown; both built by Mr. Cradock. Brooks says, There is reason to believe that Mr. Cradock's ship-yard was that now occupied by J. T. Foster. May 29, 1644, the General Court proposed the formation of a company of ship builders with power to regulate the building of ships, and to make such orders and laws amongst themselves as may conduce to