by Dunkirkers. To Mr. Davis the identification seemed "not proven;" the general editor would have been disposed to adopt it. When this volume had nearly passed through the press, on December 3, 1907, its editor, Hon. William T. Davis, of Plymouth, died at the age of eighty-five. A native of Plymouth and a devoted and public-spirited citizen of that town, he had served for many years as vice-president and president of the Pilgrim Society, had edited the published records of the town, and had written, among other historical works, a History of Plymouth and a book of antiquarian research entitled Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, both highly regarded. He was a man of high and genial character. Of this volume, his last work, he had finished his reading of the proof-sheets, except the the very last pages, at the time of his death. J. F. J. Later Observations by Bradford The Beginnings of Separatism in the North of England Robinson's Leadership as Pastor Regard in which he and his Congregation were held Guiana discussed CHAPTER 5 Virginia resolved on; the Virginia Company approached Reply of the Leyden Church Letter to Sir John Wolstenholme Declarations concerning the Polity of the Leyden Church 56 Letters of "S. B." and of Robert Cushman Blackwell's Migration to Virginia Letter of Sabin Staresmore The Virginia Company grants a Patent CHAPTER 6 57 Purchase of the Speedwell; Departure from Delfshaven Their Remonstrance to the Merchant Adventurers CHAPTER 8 80 81 83 The Speedwell found to be Leaking; the Pilgrims return to Plymouth CHAPTER 9 The Voyage of the Mayflower Arrival at Cape Cod Reflections on the Situation of the Pilgrims CHAPTER 10 The Exploration of Cape Cod The Voyage of the Shallop around Cape Cod Bay BOOK 2 1620 PAGE The Mayflower Compact John Carver chosen Governor Hardships and Many Deaths in the First Winter The Appearance of Samoset and Squanto; Treaty with Massasoit 1621 The Return of the Mayflower; the Beginning of Planting The Death of Carver; Bradford chosen Governor Winslow and Hopkins sent as Envoys to Massasoit Corbitant's Attack on Hobomok; Standish's punitive Expedition Cushman persuades the Colonists to accept the Adventurers' Conditions 123 The Narragansetts; Fortifications; Christmas 124 125 Squanto suspected 1622 127 Letters from Weston and the Adventurers Weston's Selfishness; Letters from Cushman and Peirce |