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The Plymouth colony continues to grow and prosper. Bradford would on and off for the next several years act as their governor with others filling in as elected. What became the biggest problem was the paying down on the debt incurred by shipping supplies and people from Leyden. The beaver and otter skins trade was paying down money owed. It was the purchase of two ships, the Friendship and the White Angel that upset the adventurers or investors in England. The increase was above an acceptable level. Was Isaac Allerton acting as the agent in England delivering the goods ordered for the colony or treating his voyages as a side business? James Sherley and William Bradford let the dealings on Allerton slide too long. But in the end the crops were plentiful and able to sell off the excess to the outlying communities and the Indians. Life in Plymouth looked pretty good.
Plymouth Plantation living museum, Plymouth, Mass. , 18 Sept. 2002, Nancy
Map of the Plymouth Colony, 29 May 2011, Hoodinski
1776 Map of New England by C. Bowles
