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William Bradford's most well-known work by far is Of Plymouth Plantation. It is a detailed history in journal form about the founding of the Plymouth Colony and the lives of the colonists from 1621 to 1646, [54] a detailed account of his experiences and observations. The first part of the work was written in 1630; toward the end of his life, he ...
The text of Bradford's journal is often called the History of Plymouth Plantation. When Samuel Wilberforce quoted Bradford's work in A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America in 1844, the document is cited as History of the Plantation of Plymouth. [1] It is also sometimes called William Bradford's Journal.
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 ...
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.
William Mullins-He was a merchant shareholder in the Merchant Adventurers investment group. Bradford called him one of the more prosperous of the Mayflower passengers, traveling with his wife, son, and daughter, as well as his servant Robert Carter who died early in 1621. He had left two children in England: William Jr., who emigrated in 1636 ...
Eventually, Governor Winslow and Plymouth military commander Major William Bradford (son of the late Governor William Bradford) relented and gave Church permission to organize a combined force of English and Native Americans. After securing the alliance of the Sakonnets, he led his combined force in pursuit of Philip, who had thus far avoided ...
William Bradford (governor) (1590–1657), English Governor of Plymouth Colony William Bradford (Rhode Island politician) (1729–1808), U.S. Senator William Bradford (Attorney General) (1755–1795), American lawyer and judge; second U.S. Attorney General
William Bradford (April 30, 1823 – April 25, 1892) was an American romanticist painter, photographer and explorer, originally from Fairhaven, Massachusetts, near New Bedford. His early work focused on portraits of the many ships in New Bedford Harbor.