Note 13 — PART I Financing the Plymouth Colony

Dexter, Mourt’s Relation, xxxv-xxxviii; Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, ed. Morison, 124–125; New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., LXVII, 147–153; P.R.O., C2/P44/43, Peirce’s suit. Andrews, Col. Per. Amer. Hist., I, 281–282 and 282n., takes Bradford to task for “pretty deliberate misrepresentation” of the Peirce matter. The search in English records for information on Peirce proved unusually difficult, because of the commonness of his name. For example, two John Peirces were admitted to the Clothworkers’ Company, one in 1597, the other in 1612 (letter to author from Mr. J. E. Coombes, Clerk, Clothworkers’ Company, Aug. 9, 1961). Mr. Coombes’ report of scanty records for the period precluded further search. A Mr. John Peirce sold John Winthrop provisions, Winthrop Papers (Boston, 1931–47), III, 3, 4, 5.