This volume contains an authentic history of the Pilgrim Fathers who planted the Colony of Plymouth, from their origin in John Robinson's congregation in 1602 to his death in 1625-written by themselves. The document of first importance is "Gov. Bradford's History of the Plymouth Colony," which takes precedence over everything else relating to the Pilgrims in time, authority, and interest. It contains a detailed history of their rise in the north of England, their residence in Holland, the causes which led to their emigration, and the means whereby they transported themselves to America.

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Excerpt from Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers One party of them, under Pastor John Smyth, removed from Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire, to Amsterdam, in the year 1606. Another party organized in that year in the dis trict of Scrooby, in Nottinghamshire, about ten miles west from Gainsborough, began to make itself Obnoxious to the country authorities. This second party contained two pro minent men, William Brewster, the chief layman, and John Robinson, one of the two ministers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.