Item #2331255 Bradford's History 'Of Plimoth Plantation.' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts. [Plymouth]. William Bradford.
Bradford's History 'Of Plimoth Plantation.' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts. [Plymouth]

Bradford's History 'Of Plimoth Plantation.' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts. [Plymouth]

Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1928. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2331255

Reissue. Boards lightly rubbed, ink names on front endpaper, frontispiece and title page lightly foxed.

lxxvii, 555 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt titles and rules. Frontispiece image of original bound manuscript, several portrait plates. A facsimile reproduction of Bradford's manuscript, detailing the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Plantation, including many of the hardships the early settlers faced. Bradford was a founding member of Plymouth Plantation and became its second governor. It remains an important early source for historians of colonial America, and was a strong influence on future writers of history and religion, most notably Cotton Mather. Included with this edition is an account of how the manuscript was returned to Massachusetts.

Price: $45.00

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