Note 45 — PART II Plymouth Reorganizes Financially

Bradford said the beaver yielded 14s. to 20s. a pound. On one occasion, however, the arrival of “the plimouth merchants great parcel ... brought down the price,” Winthrop Papers, III, 150. See also Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, ed. Morison, 238, 243, 390, 250, Winslow’s refusal to accept the debts of White Angel, and Sherley’s reaction; 288–289, quantities of furs, 1631 to 1636; 392, 250, Sherley’s remarks on Allerton; 255n., Peirce’s ship; 287, plague and low prices; Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc., XLV, 619–620, Sherley’s doubts as to who sent the furs.