[11] Bradford, _Of Plymouth Plantation_, ed. Morison, 95; Cushman’s discourse, printed as _A Sermon Preached at Plimoth in New England ..._ (London, 1622), is reprinted in part in Alexander Young, _Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers_ (2d ed., Boston, 1844), 255–268. [12] See note 5 above; Bradford, _Of Plymouth Plantation_, ed. Morison, 100–103, 104, 105, 107, 119; Treasury warrant, Ms. Calendar of Cranfield Papers, 8680, Hist. Mss. Commission, P.R.O., London. Charles Francis Adams, _Three Episodes in Massachusetts History_ (Boston, 1892) I, 45–104, is still the most readable account of Weston’s colony at Wessagusset, although inaccurate in a few details. [13] Dexter, _Mourt’s Relation_, xxxv-xxxviii; Bradford, _Of Plymouth Plantation_, ed. Morison, 124–125; _New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg._, LXVII, 147–153; P.R.O., C2/P44/43, Peirce’s suit. Andrews, _Col. Per. Amer. Hist._, I, 281–282 and 282n., takes Bradford to task for “pretty deliberate misrepresentation” of the Peirce matter. The search in English records for information on Peirce proved unusually difficult, because of the commonness of his name. For example, two John Peirces were admitted to the Clothworkers’ Company, one in 1597, the other in 1612 (letter to author from Mr. J. E. Coombes, Clerk, Clothworkers’ Company, Aug. 9, 1961). Mr. Coombes’ report of scanty records for the period precluded further search. A Mr. John Peirce sold John Winthrop provisions, _Winthrop Papers_ (Boston, 1931–47), III, 3, 4, 5. [14] The leaders of the adventurers named by Peirce in his Chancery suit were James Sherley, John Pocock, Christopher Coulson, William Collier, John Thornell, and George [Robert] Keane, _New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg._, LXVII, 149. Usher, _The Pilgrims and Their History_, 147–148, and John A. Goodwin, _The Pilgrim Republic_ (Boston, 1888), 252–254, sum up the misadventures of the _Little James_. The original evidence is in Bradford, _History_, ed. Ford, I, 341–346, 350–351, 403–405, 433–435. Additional details are in the Admiralty suit of two crew members, Stephens and Fell, _Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc._, LXI, 148–151; H. C. A., Instance and Prize Court, Libel Files, Bundle 82, no. 124 (Library of Congress transcript). An effort to locate this document in the Public Record Office under this reference was unsuccessful. [15] For the transcript of Altham’s letters to his brother, Sir Edward Altham, Sept. 1623, Mar. 1623/24, June 10, 1625, I am indebted to Dr. Sydney V. James’s “Three Visitors to Early Plymouth,” a typescript in the possession of Plimoth Plantation. The original letters belonged to Dr. Otto Fisher of Detroit, Michigan, who gave permission for use of quotations. James, “Three Visitors,” 36, 42, 46, 50. Altham invested some of his friends’ money in the common stock and suggested that if he came back on a fishing voyage, he could use £400 or £500 of their ventures, _ibid._, 62, 66.