Standard state and colonial histories, such as Hutchinson’s _Massachusetts_ and Belknap’s _New Hampshire_, may also be used, as well as biographies of colonial worthies. For documents, consult Macdonald’s _Select Charters Illustrative of American History, 1606–1775_. Illustrative specimens of the earliest historical writings, such as Bradford’s “History of the Plymouth Colony” and Winthrop’s “History of Massachusetts” will be found in _Old South Leaflets_, Hart’s _American History told by Contemporaries_, Stedman and Hutchinson’s _Library of American Literature_, and Trent and Wells’ _Colonial Prose and Poetry_. See Channing and Hart’s _Guide_. Many books relating to colonial life and manners have been published recently, but Edward Eggleston’s articles in the _Century Magazine_ (Vols. III.–VIII.) will probably be sufficient for most purposes. Longfellow’s _The Courtship of Miles Standish_ should be read in connection with this chapter. ----- [21] A noted English adventurer; born, 1579; died, 1632. Fought in the Netherlands and against the Turks; joined the expedition to Virginia, 1606–07; on the voyage he was imprisoned, but after landing became practical head of the colony; explored the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries; returned to England in 1609; explored the coast of New England in 1614. He left voluminous and romantic accounts of his exploits. [22] Born about 1595; died, 1617. Daughter of the Indian chief Powhatan. Smith reports that when he was taken prisoner by Powhatan and was about to be put to death, Pocahontas placed her own head in the way of the executioner’s club. This may have been a sign that she wished to have Smith spared that he might become her husband. It is at least certain that Smith was sent back to Jamestown, and that Pocahontas afterward befriended the colonists. She was converted to Christianity in 1613, and christened Rebecca; married John Rolfe in 1614; went to England in 1616, and was presented at the court of James I. as Princess Lady Rebecca. From her have descended many illustrious families of Virginia. [23] The Privy Council ordered Nicholas Ferrar, deputy treasurer of the Company, to hand over all books and papers of the corporation. Ferrar, having in view the future justification of his colleagues and himself, had the records copied and intrusted to the keeping of the Earl of Southampton, the Company’s treasurer, who had been elected against the wishes of King James. In 1667 the copy was sold to William Byrd of Virginia. Then it passed to Rev. William Stith, one of the earliest Virginian historians, then to Peyton Randolph, president of the Continental Congress, then to Thomas Jefferson, and finally, in 1814, on the sale of Jefferson’s library, to the government of the United States. It is now in the Library of Congress and fills two folio volumes. See Fiske’s _Old Virginia and Her Neighbors_, I. chap. vi.