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William Bradford (c. 19 March 1590 – 9 May 1657) was an English Puritan Separatist originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. He moved to Leiden in Holland in order to escape persecution from King James I of England , and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in 1620.
The front page of the Bradford journal. Of Plymouth Plantation is a journal that was written over a period of years by William Bradford, the leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. It is regarded as the most authoritative account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the colony which they founded.
William Bradford (May 20, 1663 – May 23, 1752) was an early American colonial printer and publisher in British America. Bradford is best known for establishing the first printing press in the Middle colonies of the Thirteen Colonies , founding the first press in Pennsylvania in 1685 and the first press in New York in 1693.
Bradford's transcription of the Compact. The original document has been lost, [10] but three versions exist from the 17th century: printed in Mourt's Relation (1622), [11] [12] which was reprinted in Purchas his Pilgrimes (1625); [13] hand-written by William Bradford in his journal Of Plimoth Plantation (1646); [14] and printed by Bradford's nephew Nathaniel Morton in New-Englands Memorial ...
Among the passengers on the Unity was Thomas Morton, a lawyer, who, when the ship arrived in New England in June of 1624, [3] was highly impressed by the abundant resources of the land, later writing "if this land be not rich, then is the whole world poore.” [4] Despite Morton's statements on the colony's abundance, it soon struggled with famine.
Bradford was born in New York City in 1719, [3] and was the grandson of the printer William Bradford. He was apprenticed to and was later a partner of his uncle Andrew Bradford in Philadelphia. This relationship ended in 1741. He visited England that year, returning in 1742 with equipment to open his own printing firm and library. [3]
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William Bradford (printer, born 1663) (1663–1752), English-born printer in Pennsylvania and New York William Bradford (printer, born 1719) (1719–1791), American printer, grandson of the above William R. Bradford (1933–2019), American general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints