The standard sources of information on early Plymouth are quickly named:
William Bradford, _Of Plymouth Plantation_ (1952, or other edition); the
items in Alexander Young (ed.), _Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers_
(1844), most of which were printed for “Everyman’s Library” under the
same title, 1910; and G. F. Willison, _The Pilgrim Reader_ (1953). Other
books which proved useful in the preparation of this one have been cited
in footnotes. In addition to these, several ought to receive notice.
On John Pory there are articles in _Dictionary of National Biography_
(by Charlotte Fell-Smith) and _Dictionary of American Biography_ (by A.
C. Gordon, Jr.). See also Leo Africanus, _The History and Description of
Africa_, translated by John Pory, ed. and intro. by Robert Brown (1896);
W. F. Craven, _Dissolution of the Virginia Company_ (1932) and _The
Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century_ (1949); S. M. Kingsbury
(ed.), _Records of the Virginia Company of London_ (1933, 1935), III,
IV; Mass. Hist. Soc., _Collections_, fourth series, IX, 8-47; J. H. R.
Yardley, _Before the Mayflower_ (1931).
Emmanuel Altham’s name until now has been virtually missing from the
Pilgrim literature. The late Dr. Otto Fisher, of Detroit, had a file
containing such information as exists on Altham and his family, compiled
by Victor C. Sanborn and Oliver R. Barrett with the aid of
correspondents in England. Dr. Fisher kindly let the editor of this
volume use the file.
The life of Isaack de Rasieres is covered and illuminated by J. F.
Jameson, “Introduction” to “Letter of Isaack de Rasieres to Samuel
Blommaert, 1628 (?),” _Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664_
(“Original Narratives of Early American History”; 1909), 98-99; and
“Letter from Isaack de Rasière to the Amsterdam Chamber of the West
India Company, September 23, 1626,” in A. J. F. van Laer (translator and
editor), _Documents Relating to New Netherland, 1624-1626, in the Henry
E. Huntington Library_ (1924), 171-251, 260-276. See also A. C. Flick
(editor), _History of the State of New York_ (1933), I, II.
About New England in general and the fishing business, see also C. F.
Adams, _Three Episodes in Massachusetts History_ (1894), I; C. K.
Bolton, _The Real Founders of New England_ (1929); I. S. Proper,
_Monhegan the Cradle of New England_ (1930); Frances Rose-Troup, _John
White the Patriarch of Dorchester_ (1930) and _The Massachusetts Bay
Company and its Predecessors_ (1930); C. K. Shipton, _Roger Conant of
Massachusetts_ (1945); and William Vaughan, _The Golden Fleece_ (London,
1626), Part III.