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 19, 1590, William Bradford was baptized at...

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 Bradford was born on May 20, 1663, in Leicestershire,...

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 to hold the post of attorney general. His tenure was...

1590 Austerfield, Yorkshire, England May 9, 1657 Plymouth Colony Governor and historian Portrait: William Bradford. "And here...

William Bradford (March 19, 1590 – May 9, 1657) was a leader of the separatist settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and was elected thirty times to be the Governor after John Carver died. He was the second signer and primary architect of...

'Of Plymouth Plantation' chronicles the dissolution of America's Pilgrim community. William Brand's history tracks the experiences of the Pilgrims from their original mission to the tedium of forming organizational structure. The difficulty in reconciling providentialist perspective with socioeconomic necessity is reflected in Brand's difficult...

For it is found in experience that change of air, famine or unwholesome food, much drinking of water, sorrows and troubles, etc., all of them are enemies to health, causes of many diseases, consumers of natural vigour and the bodies of men, and...

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 books, noting an emphasis on providential and genealogical history in the first and an emphasis on economics in the second.

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 concludes that the dialogues shed light on Bradford's struggles within the Separatist movement as well as his ambivalence about the colonial project in North America.

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 accounts in the context of Puritan debates about festive practices and wider concerns about disorder and misrule.

Essay provides a discussion of the impact provided by William Bradford.

A comparison essay that compares William Bradford and John Smith.

A descriptive comparison essay that compares Bradford and Smith.