[94]. S. R. Gardiner, History of England (London, 1895), vol. I, p. 187.

[95]. For discussion as to authorship and date, vide Brown, Genesis, pp. 36-42, where the document is printed in full.

[96]. Cf. P. Bonnassieux, Les grandes Compagnies de Commerce (Paris, 1892), pp. 510 ff.

[97]. W. W. Hunter, History of British India (London, 1899), vol. I, p. 244.

[98]. Compiled from Brown, Genesis, pp. 811-1068.

[99]. Cited by Scott, Joint-Stock Companies, vol. I, p. 132.

[100]. Hazard, Historical Collections (Philadelphia, 1792), vol. I, pp. 50-58.

[101]. Brown, Genesis, pp. 64-75.

[102]. Osgood, American Colonies, vol. I, pp. 25-35.

[103]. Gorges, “Briefe Narration,” Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., Series III, vol. VI, pp. 51 f. Various members of the company were associated with Gorges, but he seems to have been the leader in this venture, as Popham was in the next. An account of the voyage, written by John Stoneman, the pilot, is in Purchas, Pilgrimes, vol. XIX, pp. 284-96.