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New Pilgrim Treasures and the Mayflower Relics Unearthed
The article surveys Pilgrim era artifacts and papers tied to the Mayflower voyage. It notes Brad ford's History of Plymouth Plantation and Mourt's Relation, the Mayflower name origin, autographs of passengers, and contested captain identities. It recounts Leyden discoveries of John Robinson signatures and other documents, plus efforts to return Bradford's manuscript to Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickinson Sherman
Wiliam Bradford
Plimoth Plantation
Mourt
Bradford
Edward Winslow
England
Governor Bradford
London
Massachusetts
Jones
Christopher Jones
Thomas Jones
Plymouth
Dorothy May
William Bradford
Resolved White
Peregrine White
Cape Cod Harbor
Winslow
Isaac Winslow
Pilgrim Society
America
Holland
John Robinson
Pilgrims
Leyden
Eckhof
Scrooby
Amsterdam
Robinson
William Brewster
H. M. Dexter
British Museum
John Dove
Sir Edwin Sandys
Charles Deane
Cambridge
London Graphic
Eeichlof
Thomas Brewer
William Jepson
Brewer
Jepson
Speedwell
John M Robinson
Pilgrim Fathers
Isaac
New England
Ploolj
Rendel Harris
Rylanu
Manchester
Boston Transcript
George H. Sargent
A. J. F van Laer
New York
Autthority
Brewer, Robinson
Jehan de Lalaing
Breestraat
Jan Jacobsz. van Tethrode
Willem Cornelisz
Ket
Buryman
Rijinsburch
George Frisbie Hoar
United States
Roger Sherman
Willam Bradford
Fulham Palace
Honr
Temple
Canterbury
Queen Victoria
Hoar
Antiquarian and Historical Societies
State House of