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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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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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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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In this excerpt, published only a few decades after the discovery of the Bradford manuscript, Blaxland offers one of the earliest scholarly discussions of Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation. Bla...
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In the following essay, the critic discusses the “plain style” of Of Plymouth Plantation, highlighting the techniques the author employed and the literary influences on the work to argue...
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In the essay below, Griffith examines the oppositions between economic and spiritual concerns and between the individual and the community in Bradford's History, characterizing the work as a &#...
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In this excerpt, Levin considers the relationship between Bradford's Puritanism and his historiography, discussing the author's reconciliation of economic and spiritual goals in his work...
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In the essay below, Hovey explores the theological themes of several early colonial histories in order to demonstrate how Bradford follows, adapts, or abandons those themes in his own history. Hovey c...
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In the following essay, Wenska stresses that the two volumes of Of Plymouth Plantation present two distinct histories, the first celebrating new beginnings and the second providing a “retrospec...
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In this essay, Westbrook surveys Bradford's use of varied prose styles and literary devices, including metaphor and irony.
Bradford's minor prose and his poetry would receive scant notic...
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In this essay, Laurence suggests that Bradford's seeming anticipations of both the Romantic concept of the sublime and the unique qualities of American literature help to expand scholarly notio...
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In this excerpt, Goldberg examines Bradford's treatment of sexuality, gender, and race in the process of “inclusion and exclusion” by which he defined the community depicted in Of...
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In the following essay, Sargent examines Bradford's fictional dialogues between young men of New England and older colonists from Europe, comparing them to Of Plymouth Plantation. Sargent concl...
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In this essay, Cartelli examines contrasting accounts written by Thomas Morton and Bradford of the controversy surround a maypole at Morton's Ma-re Mount settlement. Cartelli places the account...
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In the following essay, Read proposes that Bradford's history is best understood as an early development in economic historiography. Read focuses on differences between the first and second boo...
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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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Critical Essay by G. Cuthbert Blaxland
William Bradford Vs. John Smith
