History of Plymouth Plantation was written by William Bradford.
The leader of thePlymouth Colony in Massachusetts wrote a journal over a period of years.It is the most authoritative account of the Pilgrims and the early years of their colony.
The story of the Pilgrims from 1608 to 1647 is described in the journal that was written between 1630 and 1651.The book ends with a list of what happened to the passengers.
There are many names in the document.At the top of the original text is Of Plimoth Plantation, but newer prints often use the modern spelling "Plymouth."The History ofPlymouth Plantation is what the text of the journal is called.The History of the Plantation of Plymouth is cited in Wilberforce's text.It is sometimes called William Bradford's Journal.After the return of the manuscript from England in 1897, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts published a version titled "Bradford's History "Of Plimoth Plantation" on the spine.Although it is not a ship's log, The Mayflower was written after the events.[3]
George Morton merged everything into a letter which he published as Mourt's Relation in London in 1622.The journal was mostly about the first years of the colony.
Historians consider the events of the first 30 years of Plymouth Colony to be the most important work of 17th century America.The Pilgrims are made up of the "spiritual ancestors of all Americans" thanks to the simple yet vivid account of Bradford.[5]
The manuscript was supposed to be preserved and read by others, but it was never published.He wrote at the end of the chapter.
I have been larger in these things, and so will want to leave in some like passages following, so that their children can see how difficult it was for their fathers to go through them.I will end this chapter because of the fact that some use may be made here in after times by others.[5]
The Old South Meeting House in Boston was where the original manuscript was left.The manuscript was lost after British troops occupied the church.The missing manuscript of A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America was found in the Bishop of London's library in 1856, after Samuel Wilberforce quoted it in a book.The Americans made many formal proposals that the manuscript should be returned to New England.The Pilgrim Society, the American Antiquarian Society and the New England Society of New York supported an initiative started in 1897 by Massachusetts Senator George Frisbie Hoar.
The book should be returned to America according to the Bishop of London.By the time Hoar's request reached England, the Church of England was holding it and the Archbishop of Canterbury needed to approve it.The Episcopal Court of London observed that nobody could say for certain how the book arrived in London, but he argued that the marriage and birth registry which it contained should have been deposited with the Church in the first place.When the Thirteen Colonies declared independence in 1776, the Diocese of London was not the proper repository for that information.The governor of Massachusetts was ordered by the bishop's court to have a photographic copy of the records delivered to him.[3]
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts received the journal from the legislature on May 26, 1897.There is a deposit in the State Library of Massachusetts.The history was published in June 1897 with copies of the documents associated with the return.The final authorized version of the text was published in 1912.
The manuscript journal is a white-space volume measuring.mw-parser-output.There are some pages that are not numbered.The ink is slightly faded but still legible.The 400 year old document is in excellent condition despite the foxed pages.Page 243 is missing with a note from Prence.[3]
Being arived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and were blessed by the God of heaven.It was no wonder that wise Seneca was so affected by sailing a few miles on the coast of his owne Italy.I have to stay and make a pause, but I think the reader will do the same, when he considers the poor condition of the people.They had no friends to come to, no houses or much less town, because they had been passed by the ocean and a sea of troubles.The affections and love of their brethren at Leyden was complete, but they had little power to help them, or themselves.ye spirite of God and his grace, what could not sustain them?The children of these fathers should not say that their faithers were Englishmen who came over the ocean and were ready to die....
The beginning of a conflict with Pequots was described by Bradford.
Both men and women were at work in the lower parts of the river when the Pequents fell open upon them.They assalted a fort at the river's mouth, though strong and well defended, and yet it struked them with fear and astonishment, which made them in all places.