| Title | The Pilgrim fathers; a journal of their coming in the Mayflower to New England, and their life and adventures there: edited, with preface and notes, by Theodore Besterman: eight engravings by Geoffrey Wales.
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| Published | [London] Reprinted, from the rare 1622 edition, at the Golden cockerel press, 1939.
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| Description | 87, [1] p. incl. front. illus. 26 cm.
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| General Note | Title vignette.
"To the reader" (p. 11-12) signed: G. Mourt <George Morton>
"The edition is limited to 300 numbered copies printed in Poliphilus type on Arnold's mould-made paper. Number: 135."
First published, London, 1622 with title: A relation or journall of the begining and proceedings of the English plantation setled at Plimoth in New England, by certaine English adventurers both merchants and others.
The main part of the narrative was probably written by William Bradford and Edward Winslow. G. Mourt (George Morton?) by whose name the relation is commonly known seems to have no other connection with it than of writing the preface and giving the book to the press. cf.. Young, A. Chronicles of the Pilgrim fathers, Boston, 1841, p. [109]-249.
"Certaine useful advertisments sent in a letter written by a discreete friend unto the planters in New England, at their first setting saile from Southhampton" (p. 15-18) signed: I. R. <John Robinson>.
"A letter sent from New England to a friend in these parts, setting forth a briefe and true declaration of the worth of that plantation" (p. 76-80) signed: E. W. <Edward Winslow>.
"Reasons and considerations touching the lawfulnesse of removing our of England into the parts of America" (p. 81-[88]) signed: R. C. <Robert Cushman>.
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| Subjects | Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691.
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| Other Authors | Bradford, William, 1588-1657.
Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655.
Robinson, John, 1575?-1625.
Besterman, Theodore, 1904-1976, ed.
Cushman, Robert, d. 1625.
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| LC Card Number | 40-6431 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 5 DA M931P
mq21416: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 14566] |
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