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Records chronicle the early development and commercial struggles of the Plymouth Colony between 1627 and 1633. The narrative details the complex financial partnership with London merchants, highlighting the transition from communal property to private land ownership to ensure stability. Significant portions of the text focus on Isaac Allerton’s controversial agency, where his unauthorised ventures and mounting debts nearly bankrupted the settlement. Amidst these fiscal tensions, the colonists successfully established strategic trading posts on the Kennebec and Connecticut Rivers to secure the fur trade against Dutch and French competition. The sources also reflect on the colony’s expansion and social challenges, including the arrival of the Leyden congregation and the expulsion of the rowdy Thomas Morton from "Merry Mount". Finally, the accounts provide insight into early inter-colonial relations through correspondence with the Dutch at New Amsterdam and the newly formed Massachusetts Bay Colony.