Note 125 — Emmanuel Altham to Sir Edward Altham

Because of the debts contracted in their name by their agents and the London merchants, the Plymouth settlers had to remain in the Company as reorganized by a minority of the Adventurers headed by James Sherley. Between July and October, 1626, Isaac Allerton, as the colony’s agent, arranged a deal to buy the interests of the remaining Adventurers (including Altham) on an installment plan. Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, 182-186; Bradford, “Letter Book,” Mass. Hist. Soc., Collections, 1st ser., III, 48.