The Ferrar Papers, 1590-1790, from Magdalene College, Cambridge
This is an essential source for the study of the Atlantic World and Early Colonial Period. It documents:
- the founding and economic development of Virginia as seen through the papers of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624.
- the continuing interest of the Ferrar family in the settlement of North America from Jamestown to the Bermudas.
- trade between Britain and America.
- the ethnic and gender composition of early Virginia.
- tensions amongst the colonists and of early relations with Native Americans.
It is also a crucial source for London's economic history in the Early Modern era and will be of interest to social and religious historians.