- Adams, John, 40
- Alden, John, 24, 40
- Robert, 26
- Allerton, Isaac, 1, 3, 9, 10, 15, 19, 23-28, 37-40, 49-52, 54, 57
- Alltham, Emnu., 26
- Amsterdam, 29, 49
- Andrews, Richard, 26, 37, 40, 45, 49, 50, 54
- Thomas, 26
- Anable, Anthony, 40
- Anthony, Laurence, 26
- Ashley, Edward, 53-55
- Bangs, Edward, 40
- Bass Boat, 39
- Bass, Edward, 25, 26
- Bassett, William, 40
- Beauchamp } John, 2, 25, 26, 37, 38, 40, 45, 49, 50, 53, 54
- Beuchamp }
- Billington, John, 13, 40
- Blackstone, ——, 43
- Blossom, Thomas, 18, 19, 22
- Boston, Eng., 56, 58
- Bradford, mrs., 28
- William, 1, 3, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 23, 24, 27, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 45-47, 49-51, 57, 58
- Breda, 17
- Brewer, Thomas, 1-3, 26
- Brewster, Jonathan, 40, 56
- William, 3, 18, 19, 21, 24, 40, 48, 51, 57, 59
- Bristol, Eng., 51-53, 55
- Brown, Peter, 40
- Browning, Henry, 26
- Brownists, 4
- Burrow, ——, 57
- Burslem, ——, 43
- Cambridge University, 58
- Cape Ann, 14
- Catherine, the ship, 1
- Charles, king, 17, 26
- Charles River, 56
- Charlestown, 57, 59
- Coalson, ——, 55
- Collier, William, 3, 10, 26, 45, 55
- Cooke, Francis, 40
- Cottington, ——, 56
- mrs., 58
- Cotton, John, 56, 58
- Council for New England, 13-15, 30, 34-36, 41, 44
- Council of New Netherland, 29
- Coventry, Thomas, 26
- Cradock, ——, 53
- Cudbers, Cudbert, 40
- Cushman, Robert, 10, 12, 13
- Dean, Stephen, 40
- de Razier, Isaac, 29, 33
- Dorchester, Mass., 56
- Doty, Edward, 40
- Dudley, ——, 58
- Dutch Plantation, 29, 35, 36
- Eaton, Francis, 40
- Elizabeth, queen, 32
- Endicott, John, 46, 47, 57, 58
- England, 6, 12, 17, 19, 21, 23-25, 32, 34, 35, 37, 39-41, 46, 47, 56, 58
- Europe, 28
- Faunce, John, 40
- Fletcher, Thomas, 3, 10, 15, 16, 26
- Fogge, ——, 55
- France, 45
- Frenchman’s Point, 33
- Fuller, Samuel, 24, 40, 47, 48, 56-59
- Gibs, ——, 37
- Goffe, Thomas, 26, 37
- Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 36, 43, 51, 52
- Gott, Charles, 48
- Great-Britain, 33
- Gudburn, Peter, 26
- Hampton, Eng., 56
- Hatherley, Timothy, 26, 40, 45, 49, 50, 54, 55
- Heath, Thomas, 26
- Hendrick, prince, 17
- Hicks } Robert, 13, 40
- Hix }
- Higginson, ——, 48
- High Commission, 58
- Hilton, Edward, 43
- Hobson, William, 26
- Holland, Robert, 10, 26
- Holland, States of, 31, 34, 46, 49
- Hopkins, Stephen, 40
- Howland, John, 24, 40
- Hudson, Thomas, 26
- Humfries, ——, 53
- Jacobson, John, 31-33
- Jeffrey, ——, 43
- Jenney, John, 24
- Jessop, Francis, 22
- Johnson, ——, 53, 57-59
- Keayne, Robert, 3, 25, 26
- Kempton, Manasseh, 40
- Knight, Eliza, 26
- John, 26
- Knowles, Myles, 26
- Laud, bishop, 58
- Leyden, 12, 16, 17, 19, 21-23, 27, 38, 45, 46, 49, 50, 55
- Ling, John, 3, 26
- Little James, ship, 15
- London, 3, 8, 11, 15, 17, 25, 28, 38, 40
- Lyford, John, 1
- Manhatas, 29
- Manomet, 39
- Mansfield, grave of, 17
- Massachusetts Bay Colony, 41, 44, 51, 56, 57
- Masterson, Richard, 22
- Mattapan, 56
- Maurice, grave, 17
- May, ——, 20
- May-flower, ship, 45
- Millsop, Thomas, 26
- Mitchell, Experience, 40
- Morton, Thomas, 41, 42, 44
- Mott, Thomas, 26
- Nantasket, 43
- Narraganset, 30, 44
- Nash, Thomas, 22
- Nassau, bark, 33
- Naumkeak, 43, 46, 47
- Newbald, Fria., 26
- New England, 13-15, 31, 41
- New Netherlands, 29
- Oldham, John, 12, 42
- Orange, prince of, 32
- Oxford, Eng., 58
- Palmer, William, 40
- Parliament, 38, 52
- Pascataquack, 43
- Peirce, John, 13, 16
- William, 51, 54
- Pembroke, earl of, 58
- Penington, William, 26
- Penrin, William, 26
- Phillips, ——, 56
- Plymouth, N. E., 1, 3, 8, 13, 16, 19, 22-27, 29, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 43, 46, 47, 49, 51, 57, 58
- Pocock, John, 25, 26
- Joseph, 3
- Poynton, Daniel, 26
- Pratt, Joshua, 40
- Phineas, 40
- Phineas, 40
- Prince, Thomas, 40
- Quarles, William, 26
- Razier, Isaac de, 29, 33
- Reayne, Robert, 3
- Revell, John, 26
- Robinson, mrs., 50
- John, 15-19, 22, 23
- Rookes, Newman, 26
- Royal Exchange, London, 25
- Salem, Mass., 46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 57, 58
- Sharp, Samuel, 26
- Shaw, John, 40
- Shirley, James, 3, 10, 25-28, 37, 38, 40, 46, 48, 50, 51, 55
- Skelton, ——, 48
- Smith, Ralph, 48, 57, 59
- Society of Plymouth in New England, 8
- Sowames, 30, 44
- Spain, 46
- Standish, Myles, 12, 14, 15, 24, 39, 40, 51
- Suffolk, Eng., 56
- Talbot, ship, 45
- Thomas, ——, 45, 55
- William, 3
- Thomson, mrs., 43
- Thorned, John, 26
- Thornhill, ——, 3
- Matthew, 26
- Tilden, Joseph, 26
- Trasie, Stephen, 40
- Turks, 15
- Virginia, 20, 31
- Ward, Thomas, 26
- Warham, ——, 56
- Warwick, earl of, 51
- West-Indian Company, 32
- Weston, ——, 1, 2, 13
- White, John, 26
- Roger, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22
- Willson, ——, 58
- Winslow, Edward, 1, 3, 9, 10, 12, 15, 24, 40, 51, 58
- Winthrop, John, 53, 56-58
- Wiring, 31, 32
- Wright, Richard, 26
- William, 40
About This Book
A fragment of a letter-book spanning 1624–1630 collects correspondence and administrative papers from the Plymouth plantation, presenting exchanges on governance, financial disputes with investors and individual partners, management of admissions and covenants among settlers, complaints about idleness and mismanagement, and reports of arrivals from Leyden. Editorial material recounts the manuscript's discovery, transmission, and editorial decisions used in its printing, and letters reveal daily difficulties of sustaining the plantation, negotiations over debts and shares, and instructions for discipline and communal order. The volume presents first-hand documentary evidence of early colonial administration and practical concerns rather than continuous narrative.