Acknowledgments
It is a pleasure to thank all those who have assisted me with this study. For careful reading of the manuscript and helpful suggestions, I am particularly grateful to: Professor Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University; Mr. Henry Hornblower II, President, Mr. David B. Freeman, Director, and Mr. Arthur G. Pyle, Education Director, Plimoth Plantation; Miss Juliette Tomlinson, Director, Connecticut Valley Historical Museum; Dr. A. M. Millard, London, England.
I wish to give special thanks to Mrs. Millard for aid in research in the Public Record Office, London, and to Professor Norma Adams, Mount Holyoke College. The following persons were especially kind in permitting use of the records in their custody: Miss Rose T. Briggs, Director, and Mr. Warren Sampson in the Library, Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Mr. W. Wallace Austin, Curator, Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton, Massachusetts; Miss Susan M. Hare, Librarian, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London; Mr. John Bromley, Deputy Librarian, Guildhall Library, London.
For permission to reproduce the engraving of the Royal Exchange of London, I am indebted to Harper and Row, Inc., New York.
R. A. M.