Mayflower Compact
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The Mayflower Compact, originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the men aboard the Mayflower, consisting
Signing the Mayflower Compact 1620, an 1899 painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Bradford's transcription of the Compact
Signing of the Mayflower Compact Bas-relief by Cyrus Dallin at the Pilgrim Monument Provincetown, Massachusetts
Commemoration of Mayflower Compact signing, 1920 issue
William Bradford (governor)
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William Bradford was an English Pilgrim Separatist and Governor of Plymouth Colony, originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. He moved to Leiden in the Dutch Republic in order
Mayflower Compact
…three versions exist from the 17th century: printed in Mourt's Relation (1622), which was reprinted in Purchas his Pilgrimes (1625); hand-written by William Bradford in his journal Of Plimoth Plantation (1646); and printed by Bradford's nephew Nathaniel Morton in New-Englands Memorial (1669). The three versions…
A conjectural image of Bradford, produced as a postcard in 1904 by A.S. Burbank of Plymouth
Manor House, Austerfield—presumed birthplace of William Bradford
A modern view of the city of Leiden featuring the Hooglandse Kerk