* The Tax Law requires the interest rate on sales tax assessments or late payments to be set at 14.5% for this quarter.
More than a week after the vessel first set out, the winds were finally favorable. The ship weighed anchor and sailed for New England. Governor John Winthrop and approximately 300 English Puritans were on board. They were leaving their homes in England to settle in a fledgling colony â Massachusetts Bay â on the other side of the Atlantic.
In July of 1630, Governor John Winthrop and the Massachusetts Bay Colony settlers arrived in Salem, then traveled down to Charlestown  then called Mishawum. Mishawum had no pure water, while Shawmut had beautiful springs.