[16] William Bradford and Isaac Allerton to the adventurers, Sept. 1623, _Amer. Hist. Rev._, VIII, 297; John W. Thornton, _The Landing at Cape Anne_ (Boston, 1854); Goodwin, _Pilgrim Republic_, 255; Bradford, _History_, ed. Ford, I, 377–379, 407–410, for the patent. [17] Bradford, _Of Plymouth Plantation_, ed. Morison, 120–121, 132, 144–145, 187; Edward Winslow, _Good Newes from New England_ (1624) in Young, _Chronicles of the Pilgrims_, 346–347; Bradford, _History_, ed. Ford, I, 300n. [18] For further light on these factions, see James, “Three Visitors,” 104ff., letter of June 10, 1625. [19] _Ibid._, 70, 72; Bradford, _Of Plymouth Plantation_, ed. Morison, 170; Bradford, “Letter Book,” 28, 34, 29, 32. [20] The most complete list of investors in Plymouth is that of the signers of the composition of 1626, _ibid._, 48. To these should be added Christopher Coulson, William Greene, John Peirce, Edward Pickering, and Thomas Weston. The Plymouth leaders accepted in 1627 the terms the merchants had signed in November 1626. Thus it is correct to refer to 1627 as the date of the final business settlement with the original company. [21] W. R. Scott, _The Constitution and Finance of English ... Joint-Stock Companies_ (London, 1910), II, 310–311, calculated the share capital as £5600. Sherley spent the best part of £5000 in two years as treasurer. This probably did not include the period when Weston was in charge, Bradford, “Letter Book,” 49. On debts of £1400, see _ibid._, 32. [22] Smith is quoted in Bradford, _History_, ed. Ford, I, 104n. Andrews observed that even though the names of a number of the adventurers were known, “of only a few can any further information be obtained,” _Col. Per. Amer. Hist._, I, 287n. The research on which the following paragraphs are based is probably the most sustained effort so far to find out more. The late Col. Charles E. Banks was interested chiefly in tracing the emigrants to Plymouth; see _Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc._, LXI, 55–63, “William Bradford and the Pilgrim Quarter in London.”