In 1630 William Bradford (1590-1657), who had arrived at the Wampanoag community at Patuxet a decade earlier, began to write a history of Plymouth. It was the first colony the English managed to plant ...

NMAI copy 39088019366103 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema. Historical gazetteer -- Historical introduction -- Religious dissenters are driven from England by persecution -- Their ...

One suspects the name of William Bradford is either not known at all or, if known, not well known by Americans. As someone who grew up in Massachusetts, Bradford’s story was taught to kids in public ...

Here beginneth the chronicle of those memorable circumstances of the year 1620, as recorded by Nathaniel Morton, keeper of the records of Plymouth Colony, based on the account of William Bradford, ...

1620, Pilgrim leader William Bradford, later the Governor of Plymouth Colony, reading the Mayflower Compact on board the Mayflower off the coast of what became known as Massachusetts. (Photo by ...

KINGSTON — Legend has it that during King Philip’s War (1675-76), fire was set to the home of John Bradford, a major with the Plymouth Military Forces and grandson of former Plymouth Colony Gov.