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	William Bradford (1590-1657) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		'William Bradford (1590 – May 9, 1657) was a leader of the Pilgrim settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and became Governor of the Plymouth Colony.
		William Bradford died at Plymouth, and was interred at Plymouth Burial Hill.
		William Bradford's second wife, Alice Carpenter, came to Plymouth aboard the Anne in July 1623, and married Governor Bradford on August 14, 1623 at Plymouth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Bradford_(1590-1657) (696 words)

	WILLIAM BRADFORD - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM BRADFORD
		In 1630 the council for New England granted to William Bradford, his heires, associatts, and assignes, a new patent enlarging the original grant of territory made to the Plymouth settlers.
		Bradfords rule was firm and judicious, and to his guidance more than to that of any other man the prosperity of the Plymouth Colony was due.
		He became an active advocate of the proposed emigration to America, was one of the party that sailed in the Mayflower in September 1620, and was one of the signers of the compact on shipboard in Cape Cod Bay.
	96.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BR/BRADFORD_WILLIAM.htm (555 words)

	William Bradford
		William Bradford was born in 1590 in the Yorkshire farming community of Austerfield, England.
		William Bradford was now shouldering many administrative responsibilities : record-keeping, correspondence with financial backers and negotiation for a patent to give legal permission for a settlement, and a swarm of details connected with what he called "the weighty voyage." With an instinct for the beckoning future, he carefully preserved many notes and documents.
		William Bradford is elected governor, holding the position (except for 5 years) for the remainder of his life.
	www.pilgrimhall.org /bradfordwilliam.htm (1898 words)

	William Bradford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Bradford (1755-1795), his son, Attorney General of the United States Attorney General under George Washington, sometimes known as William Bradford Jr.
		William Bradford (1729-1808), his great-great grandson, United States Senator from Rhode Island
		William Bradford (1719-1791), his grandson, American Revolutionary printer
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Bradford (153 words)

	William Bradford (1590-1657)
		The tension between Bradford's desire to construct a place for Plymouth in a divine historical plan, and his eventual, implicit recognition of the diminution of Plymouth's status, lends itself to discussion of the nature of history-writing in general.
		Bradford's insistence upon the "special providences" of God (those reserved for the elect in times of crisis) exists in counterpoise with the detailed catalogues of human negotiations, contrivances, and machinations that describe daily life in England and America.
		Bradford's history is an early instance of themes prevalent in American immigration and frontier literatures.
	www.georgetown.edu /bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/bradford.html (993 words)

	William Bradford Writes on Plymouth Plantation*
		William Bradford (1590-1657) was born and raised a farmer in northern England.
		Because William Bradford's abilities were highly respected, he was asked to serve on the committee that organized the return ofhis brethren to England and their subsequent sailing on the Mayflower in 1620.
		Bradford's fellow settlers showed their regard and trust for him by electing him governor for thirty-one annual terms.
	userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu /pnapoli/core4/f2002/bradford.html (967 words)

	American Passages - Unit 3. Utopian Promise: Authors
		Born in 1590 in Yorkshire, England, William Bradford was orphaned at a young age and reared by his grandparents and uncles to be a farmer.
		Bradford was elected governor in 1621 and occupied that office, with only brief intermissions, until his death in 1657.
		Bradford's history extols the purity and strength of the first settlers in order to inspire subsequent generations to greater sanctity, combating what he perceived to be the spiritual decline of the community in the years following the initial settlement.
	www.learner.org /amerpass/unit03/authors-1.html (577 words)

	Volume A: American Literature to 1820
		Born in Yorkshire, England, William Bradford was one of the first "pilgrims" to sail across the Atlantic on the Mayflower and settle in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
		Bradford was elected governor of the new colony, a position he held until the last five years of his life.
		Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation (1630-50) is a long and painstaking account of the small settlement at Plymouth and the much larger colonization at Massachusetts Bay ten years later.
	www.wwnorton.com /naal/vol_A/explorations/bradford.htm (457 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: Outline of American Literature: Early American and Colonial Period to 1776: William Bradford (1590-1657)
		From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: Outline of American Literature: Early American and Colonial Period to 1776: William Bradford (1590-1657)
		William Bradford was elected governor of Plymouth in the Massachusetts Bay Colony shortly after the Separatists landed.
		Bradford also recorded the first document of colonial self-governance in the English New World, the "Mayflower Compact," drawn up while the Pilgrims were still on board ship.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/LIT/bradford.htm (300 words)

	MSN Encarta - William Bradford
		Bradford, William (1590-1657), one of the Pilgrim leaders and American colonial governor, born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555118/William_Bradford.html (88 words)

	William Bradford
		William Bradford was born in the Yorkshire area of northern England in 1590.
		William Bradford was now about 30 years old with a wife and young son.
		William helped make the rules for the new government of their Plymouth colony, and they called it the Mayflower Compact.
	www.edhelper.com /BiographyReadingComprehension_6_1.html (434 words)

	Heath Anthology of American LiteratureWilliam Bradford - Author Page
		Despite the scorn of family and friends, Bradford in 1606 became a member of this group of Separatists who had formed their own congregation in the village of Scrooby under the direction of Clyfton, John Robinson, his later successor to the pulpit, and William Brewster, the group’s pre-eminent elder.
		Bradford hoped to demonstrate the workings of divine providence for the edification of future generations, and since all temporal events theoretically conveyed divine meaning, the texture of Bradford’s writing is as rich in historical detail as it is patterned on the language of the Geneva Bible.
		By the age of seven, Bradford was orphaned of both parents and a grandfather, and soon was sent to live with his uncles, who raised him as a farmer.
	college.hmco.com /english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/colonial/bradford_wi.html (1292 words)

	PH@school: Literature: Author Biographies
		William Bradford played a prominent role in the early colonial history of the United States.
		Bradford's writings recall the difficulties of the sea voyage and the horrific first winter in Plymouth, which wiped out half of the original settlers.
		Bradford stabilized the new colony by drawing on the aid of the Wampanoag chief, Massasoit, to develop local food sources.
	www.phschool.com /atschool/literature/author_biographies/bradford_w.html (281 words)

	William Bradford and Alice (Carpenter) Southworth
		William Bradford, the son of William Bradford and Alice Hanson, was born in about 1590 and was baptized on Thursday, 19 March 1590 o.s.
		William Bradford, born on Thursday, 17 June 1624 o.s.
		Since he was born ~44 weeks after William and Alice married, he would appear to be a legitimate Bradford.
	home.comcast.net /~burrowses/bdb/bdb2632.html (377 words)

	Chapter New England of Index by Simonds History of American Literature
		William Bradford, for whom the title Father of American history may well be claimed, was a native of Yorkshire, and at seventeen, a member of the Rev. John Robinson's famous congregation, fled with his brethren into Holland.
		Bradford was a plain, sensible, truthful man, an able leader under severe conditions.
		No sooner had the Mayflower sighted land, than Bradford began conjointly with Edward Winslow to keep a journal of all occurrences.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/270/1820/21939/2.html (699 words)

	Of Plymouth Plantation, by William Bradford 1590-1657
		William Brewster, who was an assistante unto him in the place of an Elder, unto which he was now callad and chosen by the church.
		William Brewstera reverent man, who afterwards was chosen an elder of the church and lived with them till old age.
		But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, so as their former alictions were but as fleabitings in comparison of these which now carne upon them.
	narcissus.umd.edu:8080 /eada/html/display.jsp?docs=bradford_history.xml&action=show (6251 words)

	Historical Prints - Online Shop
		William Bradford died in 1657, leaving behind much important information about that group of Christians who set up their own colony in order to worship God in freedom.
		Born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, in 1590, William Bradford would eventually become the governor of the Plymouth Colony.
		By the people's choice, Bradford was governor from 1621 until the 1650's, except five years in which he chose to be an assistant.
	www.historicprints.com /shop/index.php?action=item&id=291&prevaction=pricelist (237 words)

	Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford
		William Bradford (1590-1657) was elected governor of the Plymouth Colony after the death of the previous governor, John Carver.
		Bradford insisted that the Pilgrims meet their obligations to the investors, and in 1627, he and seven others bought out the merchants.
		Bradford maintained friendly relations with area natives because the Pilgrims could not have survived without their help.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /american-colonies/letters-and-journals/3369.html (994 words)

	William Bradford Author Page
		William Bradford (1590-1657), who sailed with the "Pilgrims" of Mayflower fame to Plymouth in 1620, was different from John Winthrop, his counterpart in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, in that he did not have the advantages of wealth and status early in life.
		Bradford was an orphan raised on a farm by an uncle, but because of his poor health, he had a lot of time for Bible study.
		Bradford, then, was able to shape the colony into what he thought it should be.
	www.americanliteratureresource.com /site/1416849/page/590358 (521 words)

	Journal #3
		This is one small example of the kinds of things that William Bradford endured and recorded.
		Bradford ended up convincing them that they had passed the point of no return and it would be longer to go back, than to push on ahead.
		Bradford was an explorer who discovered many new lands.
	www.hpcnet.org /jonpentland/journal3 (253 words)

	d02d14
		William Bradford (1590–1657), second governor of Plymouth Colony, was a member of the original separatist congregation at Scrooby, England, that emigrated in 1609 with others to Holland.
		Here, Bradford explains why the Pilgrims left Holland (Chapter Four), how they made preparations for the voyage to the New World (Chapter Five), and their agreements with the Virginia Company for establishing their settlement at Plymouth (Chapter Six).
		But because letters are by some wise men counted the best parte of histories, I shall shew their greevances hereaboute by their owne letters, in which the passages of things will be more truly discerned.
	wps.ablongman.com /wps/media/objects/1676/1716309/documents/doc_d02d14.html (2727 words)

	NetLink lesson: a virtual tour of Plymouth Plantation/treasure hunt of information
		William Bradford (1590-1657) was its governor for more than 30 years.
		The selection on page 88 of your textbook is an excerpt from William Bradford's famous work.
		Bradford used the term Pilgrim to describe himself and other members of the congregation when they decided to emigrate to America.
	www.suhsd.k12.ca.us /mvm/netlinks/1bradford11/1bradford11.html (345 words)

	American Writers: William Bradford
		The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: William Bradford, Surrender of the Patent of Plymouth Colony to the Freemen
		Though lacking in formal education, Bradford possessed native literary ability.
		s a member of the Separatist movement within Puritanism, Bradford migrated to Holland in 1609 in search of religious freedom and lived 11 years in Leiden.
	www.americanwriters.org /writers/bradford.asp (265 words)

	bradford william
		William Bradford was born in 1590 in the Yorkshire farming community of Austerfield, England.
		William Bradford [American Painter, 1823-1892] Guide to pictures of works by William Bradford in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.
		William Bradford (Pl. III), a painter of marine and Arctic scenes, arrived in London in May 1871 with two paintings commissioned by James Ashbury (1834--1895),......(Continue Reading)
	www.academyhouse.bc.ca /bradford-william.html (288 words)

	Untitled Document
		The first great American Puritan, William Bradford came to America on the Mayflower in 1620 as one of the many Separatists, Puritans who believed the Church of England could not be reformed and therefore resolved to separate themselves from it.
		Before a second wave of Puritans, led by John Winthrop, came to Massachusetts in 1630, Bradford and his fellow settlers created the community of Plymouth in the wilderness.
		In Of Plymouth Plantation, Bradford, who became governor of Plymouth Colony in 1621, wrote an account of the Separatists' travails and successes, comparing them to the Israelites in the wilderness.
	www.uncp.edu /home/canada/work/allam/16071783/lit/bradford.htm (353 words)

	The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature: Bradford, William @ HighBeam Research
		Bradford, William (1590–1657), as a boy joined the Separatist group of William Brewster, with whom he emigrated to Amsterdam (1609) and then to Leyden.
		The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature: Bradford, William @ HighBeam Research
		Bradford's life was inseparably bound with the settlement, of which he was long the outstanding...
	highbeam.com /doc/1O53:BradfordWilliam/Bradford,+William.html?... (145 words)

	Merchant Adventurers
		William Bradford, 1590–1657, governor of Plymouth Colony - Bradford, William, 1590–1657, governor of Plymouth Colony, b.
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	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0832746.html (227 words)

	Christening Portraits of Bradford Christoforos and Emma Chrysavgi Hatjopoulos
		Famous bearers of the surname were William Bradford (1590-1657), leader of the Pilgrim Fathers and also another William Bradford (1722-91), who played an important part in the American Revolution.
		These lovely, happy pictures of Emma and Bradford were sent by their proud parents, Anna and Petros.
		Emma and Bradford were born on 24th April 2003.
	www.honfleur.co.uk /shop/pages/portraits/bradford.htm (288 words)

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