Bradford, William
1590
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England
May 9, 1657
Plymouth Colony
Governor and historian
Portrait: William Bradford. Reproduced by permission of the Bettmann Archive.
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The American printer William Bradford (1663-1752) is often referred to as "the pioneer printer of the Middle colonies." He was involved in frequent controversies over freedom of the press.William Brad...
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William Bradford served as U.S. attorney general from 1794 to 1795 under President George Washington. Bradford, a Revolutionary War hero and a distinguished attorney and judge, was the second person t...
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When William Bradford's Of Plimmoth Plantation (the title he himself gave the work) was first published from his manuscript as History of Plymouth Plantation (1856), it was immediately recognized as a...
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William Bradford was a major figure in early American historiography because his history of the Pilgrim colony at Plymouth was a firsthand account of the entry of English settlers into the American wi...
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The American journalist William Bradford (1722-1791) published an influential newspaper. Opponent of British policies, he followed words with heroic deeds during the Revolution and was known as "the p...
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William Bradford (1590-1657), one of the Pilgrim Fathers, was the leader of the Plymouth Colony in America. His extraordinary history, "Of Plymouth Plantation," was not published until 1856.On March 1...
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Is it possible for two people to be so alike and at the same time be completely different? Is it possible for two people to take two different paths but get the same results? And is it possible for t...
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The America's were a land of new opportunity for many Europeans who opposed the Catholic religion. Captain John Smith and William Bradford were two Puritans who tried to help this idea of America, a...
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In the history of America there was a time when this country was the only place to go for many people from all over the world. During this period many separatists came from England to the "New World",...
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